Speaking quickly before Randy gets a chance to give the correct answer, I think it's a loop only in the sense that it's a single line. The downhaul end of the halyard connects to the second or so sail hank, and the shackle attaches to the head of the sail. My experience is I have to connect the downhaul at least two sailhanks down from the head of the sail to prevent fouling when pulling the sail down... t
Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle M17 #496 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Langer Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: M_Boats: Poor man's roller furling... Hey Randy, I think that's a great idea. How do you attach the halyard shackle to the loop? Thanks, Rick M15 #337 Bluebird > Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:35:51 -0700 > From: "RandyG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: M_Boats: Poor man's roller furling... does it work? > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Brian, > > Our 1988 M15 and M17 both came rigged with Jib halyards and downhauls > lead back to the cockpit. On both boats I replaced the individual jib > halyard and downhaul lines with a single line, in effect making a big > loop of both lines . As you raise or lower the jib the single line > feeds in-and-out of the cockpit, leaving nothing to coil or stow. > > Randy > M17 #410 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
