Re: #37
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:15 am
Tom,
what a nice write-up. Some comments, if I may.
I leave everything connected that I possibly can, and it's cut the setup time down to something reasonable. Main stays on the boom (with outhaul loose, if I remember) and gets rolled next to it, then both stowed on a bench (possible w/ a DS1).
Vang stays attached to boom, I unhook the other end, wrap the whole thing around boom and sail and clip to itself.
Jib sheet is knotted together so its continuous, and stays on the boat. (The jib clew is connected via a soft shackle that forms a Prusik loop. That, or use Tim Webb's clever alternative: threading a thin soft-shackle through the sheet).
Jib sheets has Barber inhauls; they stay connected as well.
Main sheet stays connected, I cinch it tight after stowing the boom (with its end tucked beside the motor well, it's secure - a cushion and a fender protect my bench/thwart, and a bungee around the thwart holds the forward end of boom and sail).
I now have a 2:1 jib halyard tensioner. That one hooks into a loop on the jib halyard. It "hooks" with an open hook. Stays on deck and gets hooked after I cleat the halyard to the mast. Equally easy to undo. Now If I could just teach my crews not to take it apart
My trailer is tall enough that I can pull the boat out with EP Carry and rudder still connected. They are so much faster to remove on land (for launching the EP carry gets flipped up, but the rudder will need to be fitted in the water, because it would interfere when the boat slides in backwards.
You get the idea: think through what you need to undo and what can be left rigged and you might get back to under 45 mins by yourself.
Definitely don't like shipping water, but with the right crew we'll drag the rubrail through the water in a blow. I have a reef, for when I want to take it easy. (Reef line stays attached to sail/boom).
I don't have a jib downhaul; never felt I needed one, except for some reason we could have used one the other day. Motoring a short distance between two docks, with the main already rolled but the jib tried to climb back up the stay. May need to think about one.
Topping lift. As you suspected, not sure about that broad reach of yours. What wind speeds? I don't have one, so I can't compare, but I like the description of your setup. I could see raising the boom a bit in really light winds to keep the leech from closing.
Anyway, great post!
what a nice write-up. Some comments, if I may.
I leave everything connected that I possibly can, and it's cut the setup time down to something reasonable. Main stays on the boom (with outhaul loose, if I remember) and gets rolled next to it, then both stowed on a bench (possible w/ a DS1).
Vang stays attached to boom, I unhook the other end, wrap the whole thing around boom and sail and clip to itself.
Jib sheet is knotted together so its continuous, and stays on the boat. (The jib clew is connected via a soft shackle that forms a Prusik loop. That, or use Tim Webb's clever alternative: threading a thin soft-shackle through the sheet).
Jib sheets has Barber inhauls; they stay connected as well.
Main sheet stays connected, I cinch it tight after stowing the boom (with its end tucked beside the motor well, it's secure - a cushion and a fender protect my bench/thwart, and a bungee around the thwart holds the forward end of boom and sail).
I now have a 2:1 jib halyard tensioner. That one hooks into a loop on the jib halyard. It "hooks" with an open hook. Stays on deck and gets hooked after I cleat the halyard to the mast. Equally easy to undo. Now If I could just teach my crews not to take it apart
My trailer is tall enough that I can pull the boat out with EP Carry and rudder still connected. They are so much faster to remove on land (for launching the EP carry gets flipped up, but the rudder will need to be fitted in the water, because it would interfere when the boat slides in backwards.
You get the idea: think through what you need to undo and what can be left rigged and you might get back to under 45 mins by yourself.
Definitely don't like shipping water, but with the right crew we'll drag the rubrail through the water in a blow. I have a reef, for when I want to take it easy. (Reef line stays attached to sail/boom).
I don't have a jib downhaul; never felt I needed one, except for some reason we could have used one the other day. Motoring a short distance between two docks, with the main already rolled but the jib tried to climb back up the stay. May need to think about one.
Topping lift. As you suspected, not sure about that broad reach of yours. What wind speeds? I don't have one, so I can't compare, but I like the description of your setup. I could see raising the boom a bit in really light winds to keep the leech from closing.
Anyway, great post!