Daysailer boom vang led to centerboard trunk
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:01 am
When I upgraded my boom vang to 10:1 about a year ago, I terminated it to a cleat on top of the cuddy roof. That worked great compared to what I previously had (it actually did something). The location was... well... ok. I have found myself wishing it was a little more centrally located for both skipper and crew, but was unsure of how to make that happen considering my limited knowledge of the massive blocks/cams offerings in catalogs that are out there. However, I just finished a little project to accomplish this by now terminating the boom vang on top of the centerboard trunk. Whoo hoo!
This info fell upon me during another campaign in which I was trying to find a boat cover (she now stays on the trailer at the river rigged and ready to splash). It so happens my friend (Paul) that helped me initially rig the boat happens to be friends with Mike Gillum, who happens to be in the canvas business. Thus, with his help putting two and two together, if I was going to spend my money on a boat cover, I was naturally inspired to send it Mike's way, as part of the daysailer family. Thus, emails and pictures were traded, lol. Ultimately we landed in a conversation about this part that allows the boom vang control to come to the center of the boat.
And here is the magic part that makes it doable...
RL 860 Swivel
http://www.racelitehardware.com/rl-860-swivel/
The trick is to be able to feed the line coming across the side of the centerboard trunk and then turn it up and into the vertical barrel that pulls it over a block and into a cleat.
1. To keep things tidy, I put a through block in the cuddy roof. A 1/8 rotozip bit in a cordless drill will make quick work of cutting the little rectangle in the cuddy roof. Just don't rotozip your finger like I did
2. From there go to a cheek block mounted at a 45 degree angle on the Keelson (part of mast inside cuddy)
3. Drill 1/2" hole in cuddy wall on opposite side of centerboard trunk that the centerboard up and downhaul lines are on. (Plug new hole with nylon bushing to prevent chafe)
4. To another cheek block mounted at 45 degrees under the Racelite RL 860 swivel
5. Turn up into barrel and terminate in cleat
Visual aide below...
This info fell upon me during another campaign in which I was trying to find a boat cover (she now stays on the trailer at the river rigged and ready to splash). It so happens my friend (Paul) that helped me initially rig the boat happens to be friends with Mike Gillum, who happens to be in the canvas business. Thus, with his help putting two and two together, if I was going to spend my money on a boat cover, I was naturally inspired to send it Mike's way, as part of the daysailer family. Thus, emails and pictures were traded, lol. Ultimately we landed in a conversation about this part that allows the boom vang control to come to the center of the boat.
And here is the magic part that makes it doable...
RL 860 Swivel
http://www.racelitehardware.com/rl-860-swivel/
The trick is to be able to feed the line coming across the side of the centerboard trunk and then turn it up and into the vertical barrel that pulls it over a block and into a cleat.
1. To keep things tidy, I put a through block in the cuddy roof. A 1/8 rotozip bit in a cordless drill will make quick work of cutting the little rectangle in the cuddy roof. Just don't rotozip your finger like I did
2. From there go to a cheek block mounted at a 45 degree angle on the Keelson (part of mast inside cuddy)
3. Drill 1/2" hole in cuddy wall on opposite side of centerboard trunk that the centerboard up and downhaul lines are on. (Plug new hole with nylon bushing to prevent chafe)
4. To another cheek block mounted at 45 degrees under the Racelite RL 860 swivel
5. Turn up into barrel and terminate in cleat
Visual aide below...