Hi Chuck,
Maybe I should have used <VBG> in the response. Email message can be
difficult to express subtleties, but I probably should have warned
you about clarifying sailing terms here. My approval rating has been
about 50/50 so far. <VBG>
The topping lift was never just for the main boom. It was in general
use for any spar lift at the lower portion of a sail, main, stays'l
or spinnaker. Club footed jib excepted of course and upper spars
having other cute names, such as peak halyard.
Anyhow, these days it seems we're all correct. Most of us foredeck
guys from the 70s & 80s would know the smallest wire & snap shackle
is the top'n' lift, or later on to become the "pole lift".
And as you say, when a foredeck mate yells at the pit for uphaul, he
really wants the inboard end of the spinnaker pole raised. It is
remarkable how long it can take for this simple request to be
acknowledged sometimes. :)
But don't be too hard on newbies. If their source of info is the
Internet they get advice from Wiki such as this:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the spar. For floating barriers to control
access to harbours and rivers, see
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28navigational_barrier%29>boom
(navigational barrier).
For other uses, see
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28disambiguation%29>Boom.
In <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing>sailing, a boom is a
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar_%28sailing%29>spar (pole),
along the
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#The_edges>foot
(bottom edge) of a <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore_and_aft>fore
and aft rigged
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail>sail,<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28sailing%29#cite_note-1>[1]
that... (good so far, but..)
The topping lift (more rarely known as an uphaul) is a
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_%28sailing%29>line which
applies upward force on a
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28sailing%29>boom on a
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailboat>sailboat.
A topping lift may also refer to a line on the front of the mast
used to rig the spinnaker pole. It is used to trim the pole to the
proper height when hoisting the
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinnaker>spinnaker.
Hoo boy. Where do we go from here?
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 02:27 PM 11/12/2015, you wrote:
I like to differentiate two very different animals:
The Topping Lift" goes to the boom end. The "Spinnaker Pole Lift"
controls the Pole end while there is an uphaul and downhaul on the
spin pole car on the mast, I prefer to name the mast control lines,
"spin pole car uphaul and downhaul".
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md
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From: "Russ & Melody via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
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Cc: "Russ & Melody" <russ...@telus.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 9:38:01 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Spinnaker pole
Do you mean the top'n' lift? :)
At 02:25 PM 10/12/2015, you wrote:
Do you mean the spinnaker pole lift?
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From: "Pamela & David via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: "Pamela & David" <thesaltfam...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 5:07:55 PM
Subject: Stus-List Spinnaker pole
Hello
Does anyone know the length of rope for the UPHAUL on a C&C-34?
I have a tracer string inplace on a recent purchase boat and are
looking for a quick job to replace
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