I am new to sailing and purchased a 1983 Hunter 25.
I just finished the ASA Keel Boat course and learned to sail on a Cat 22 and need help understanding how my boom works.
It has a mid-boom main sheet along a line running on each side inside the boom with pulleys for these lines at the end of the boom and by the gooseneck are levers that lock closed on the lines. There is an adjustable topping lift at the end of the boom. There is also a cleat on the center line of the mast below the boom's gooseneck.
I do not see a boom vang like the Cat 22, but from searching this site I think it did not come with one nor needs one to sail because of the mid-boom main sheet. I also do not see a downhaul by the goose neck, nor a stop for the boom's gooseneck to rest on when the sail is lowered, again like the Cat 22. Are the two lines running inside the boom a downhaul system and maybe a reefing system of some sort? What is the cleat for below the gooseneck?
Any help or information would be appreciated.
It has a mid-boom main sheet along a line running on each side inside the boom with pulleys for these lines at the end of the boom and by the gooseneck are levers that lock closed on the lines. There is an adjustable topping lift at the end of the boom. There is also a cleat on the center line of the mast below the boom's gooseneck.
I do not see a boom vang like the Cat 22, but from searching this site I think it did not come with one nor needs one to sail because of the mid-boom main sheet. I also do not see a downhaul by the goose neck, nor a stop for the boom's gooseneck to rest on when the sail is lowered, again like the Cat 22. Are the two lines running inside the boom a downhaul system and maybe a reefing system of some sort? What is the cleat for below the gooseneck?
Any help or information would be appreciated.