topping lift

My girlfriend and I found and purchased a well-kept Kent Ranger 26 this past January with the idea of learning how to maintain, sail, and cove-camp in Southeast Alaska. We recently have completed a long list of projects and upgrades to her, and have finally begun to use her as more than an extra...

Hello all, we having a question regarding the proper/best way to rig the topping lift on our Hunter 23.5. This boat is fairly new to us and the way we have it rigged now isn’t correct and we’d like to fix that. Currently the topping lift runs through a roller at the end of the boom. This only...

Hello everyone - this is my first post, but I've spent hours consuming a lot of helpful info on these forums. About two months ago I moved up from a 1986 Catalina 25 to a 1996 Hunter 280 and I've been working through a long to-do list while trying to sail her as much as time will allow. My C25...

I’m going to ditch my topping lift and get a boomkicker, but I noticed on the CD site that they want an extra $50 for something that prevents the boom from rotating at the gooseneck, and something that helps attach it to the race boom with the extra tab on the bottom. The photo is very...

I have an "extra" halyard that I am not sure what it is for: its the white line going through the pulley about 6" or so below the top of the mast. My best guess is a topping lift. Thanks!

I am looking for some advice on how to rig the topping lift and main halyard at the top of the mast without the rope getting jammed in the mast slot. We are novice sailors and really appreciate any advice we can get. Here is some further information below: We recently acquired a Catalina 27 for...

I recently picked up a Hunter 23.5 and need to replace some running rigging. The topping lift and reef line are too big and don’t work in the cam locks very well. After looking at the manual and other sources I’m getting conflicting information on how the topping lift should be run. It is...

I want to remove or modify the fixed topping lift on my ‘83 Hunter 30 to allow for a new mainsail with two full top battans and a larger roach. The new main would hang up on existing fixed topping lift. I think the options are: a hard boom vang, a boomkicker, or modifying the topping lift so I...

I'm replacing the main sail. The boom is a U.S. Spars Z160. There are three internal lines (outhaul, topping lift, reefing). However, the previous owner didn't use original colors, or lengths. It's not in the owner's manual, not on the Z-spars site that I could find, and not previously...

I have a 1983 Hunter 34. There are three blocks on swivels at the base of the mast, each with a cam cleat on the bottom. The line comes down, around a tiny sheave or roller, around the main sheave, and then through the cam cleat. The problem is that on all three of them the little roller or...