Make Your Own (DIY) Lazy Jacks

Anyone here have plans or instructions on making your own lazy jacks? Thanks!

Have you searched the yahoo group server? I recall discussions from years past. Some kind of retractable rope/line that could be secured to the mast while under sail. John Raxter 336-210-8073 (m) > On Jun 14, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > Anyone here have plans or instructions on making your own lazy jacks? > > Thanks! > >

Google is your friend Good Old Boat - Lazy-jacks: mainsail tamers article | | | | | | | | | | | Good Old Boat - Lazy-jacks: mainsail tamers articleLazy-jacks: Mainsail tamers By Guy Stevens Article taken from Good Old Boat magazine: Volume 4, Number 4, July/August 2001. Take the pain out of the main, mak... | | | | View on www.goodoldboat.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | I have ordered materials but not installed yet. Al1985 Cal33-2 00026 "ShortWave" From: "Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> To: Cal_Boats <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:51 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Make Your Own (DIY) Lazy Jacks Anyone here have plans or instructions on making your own lazy jacks? Thanks!

I made my own last year. Mounted a couple of blocks on the spreaders. Used regatta line because brummel splices are easy and the lines soft and easy on sail. I'm 2 hours from my boat. Will take pictures this weekend and post them. Kevin Swart Panache Oneida Lake NY On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Al Waschka aw… [at] bellsouth.net [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > Google is your friend > > Good Old Boat - Lazy-jacks: mainsail tamers article > <http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/tamers.php> > > > > [image: image] > <http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/tamers.php> > > > > > > Good Old Boat - Lazy-jacks: mainsail tamers article > <http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/tamers.php> > Lazy-jacks: Mainsail tamers By Guy Stevens Article taken from Good Old > Boat magazine: Volume 4, Number 4, July/August 2001. Take the pain out of > the main, mak... > View on www.goodoldboat.com > <http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/tamers.php> > Preview by Yahoo > > I have ordered materials but not installed yet. > > Al > 1985 Cal33-2 00026 "ShortWave" > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > > > *To:* Cal_Boats <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:51 AM > *Subject:* [Cal_Boats] Make Your Own (DIY) Lazy Jacks > > > Anyone here have plans or instructions on making your own lazy jacks? > > Thanks! > > > > >

Got the pictures of my lazy jacks. I brummel spliced 1 line to form a continuous loop.(closest to boom) The second line is eye splice at both ends and has that previous line running through the splices. The third line has the second line running through eyesplices as well. Those three lines are seized to the boom evenly to allow for balanced distances on either side of the boom. The fourth line has the third line running through eyesplices then up through blocks on the spreaders. That line passes through a ring so a pull on the ring pulls both sides of the lazy jacks up at once. I control that ring with a line attached to a becket through the ring and back to the block. That line is clam cleated at the cockpit. A simple line attached to the eyes on the hoisting line and passing through the next lowest eye to the boom allows the storage of the lazy jacks along the boom. Clear as mud, right? Kevin SV Panache Cal25 <http://s62.photobucket.com/user/kgs1131/library/Lazy%20Jacks?sort=3&page=1> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Kevin Swart <kg… [at] gmail.com> wrote: > I made my own last year. Mounted a couple of blocks on the spreaders. > Used regatta line because brummel splices are easy and the lines soft and > easy on sail. I'm 2 hours from my boat. Will take pictures this weekend > and post them. > > Kevin Swart > Panache > Oneida Lake NY > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Al Waschka aw… [at] bellsouth.net > [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Google is your friend >> >> Good Old Boat - Lazy-jacks: mainsail tamers article >> <http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/tamers.php> >> >> >> >> [image: image] >> <http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/tamers.php> >> >> >> >> >> >> Good Old Boat - Lazy-jacks: mainsail tamers article >> <http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/tamers.php> >> Lazy-jacks: Mainsail tamers By Guy Stevens Article taken from Good Old >> Boat magazine: Volume 4, Number 4, July/August 2001. Take the pain out of >> the main, mak... >> View on www.goodoldboat.com >> <http://www.goodoldboat.com/reader_services/articles/tamers.php> >> Preview by Yahoo >> >> I have ordered materials but not installed yet. >> >> Al >> 1985 Cal33-2 00026 "ShortWave" >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* "Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" < >> Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> >> *To:* Cal_Boats <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:51 AM >> *Subject:* [Cal_Boats] Make Your Own (DIY) Lazy Jacks >> >> >> Anyone here have plans or instructions on making your own lazy jacks? >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> > >