tom:
use a sail slug stop to keep the gooseneck/boom from 'falling on the deck'.
you 'have it right' for how the ring is used when the main is raised.
david scobie
M15 #288, not yet named
Tom Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have been looking over the rigging on my recently purchased 2004 M17 in
anticipation of the first mast raising, and I notice that the boom is attached
to the mast with a sliding gooseneck rather than a fixed mast bracket. The
gooseneck has a ring on the bottom with two or three feet of tagline attached.
I seems most logical to position it just below the entry slot with the line to
a mast cleat pulling down, and the tension of the main halyard on the boltrope
keeping it up. However, I envision the boom sliding to the deck when the main
is lowered. I would be most grateful if someone out there could tell me how
this should really be done.
...
Thanks a bunch,
Tom Jenkins
Scintilla, M17 #626
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