Re: [Cal_Boats] Lazy Jack Photos [4 Attachments]
Dan -
Thanks for the fast service with the photos! I just have a few questions
. . .
Obviously the loops under the boom don't slide down the boom to the mast
with the pad-eyes there, so when you retract the system I presume that the
line that forms the hypotenuse of the right triangle formed by the boom and
mast must run up to the mast thru a block or another pad-eye and down the
side of the mast correct? This line is then loosened allowing all the jack
lines to fall parallel to the boom and I'm guessing you've measured them so
that the rings are able to hook on something on the forward end of the boom
or the mast?
Since I already have 3 lines exiting my mast at various heights on both
side I am tempted to figure out a way to bring them down inside the mast and
out the bottom . . . . hmmmm have to think about that one.
Thanks again -
Paul West
Adventure Kwest
'80 Cal 39
In a message dated 10/15/2010 9:35:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
da… [at] hotmail.com writes:
[_Attachment(s)_ (mip://02844168/default.html#TopText) from Daniel
McCutcheon included below]
Here are the photos. Hope they make things clearer.
The beads are to keep everything ligned up after the system is dialed in.
Someone said earlier they didn't like Lazy Jacks, as they tend to fowl the
main (especially the battens). This has certainly been my experiance. One
suggestion is to run the top bridal to the spreaders, therby allowing a
greater spread, lest chance of fowling. The solution I'm working on is to
secure the main with a continuous "zip line" that can be progresively pulled
out as I raise the main, allowing me to have the Lazy Jacks retracted once
the main is stowed, therfore not a fowling factor. I'll let you know how that
really ends up working.
Dan
Wasn't ready to pull down the hamack yet.
Dan