Howard, I weave the downhaul up through the spaces between the hanks rather then try to thread it through them. Maybe a 3/8s or quarter inch line. Works fine. t
Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle M17 #496 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Audsley Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:53 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Poor man's roller furling... What size and type of line are you guys using for your downhauls? It doesn't take much strength to pull the sail down, but the one I used, which can be threaded up the hanks with the forestay, is too light. It is a light, flexible line of maybe 1/8". It fouls too easily. Maybe a Stayset in 3/16"? Howard On Jun 28, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Tom Smith wrote: > > 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:montgomery_boats- > [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 > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
