I was helping a friend who I got hooked on sailing with his "new to him" 212 yesterday and have a few questions.
His main sail has both a bolt rope sewn in the bottom and a slug attached to the clew. Can this sail be used as a loose footed main since it has the slug or did they just go over kill putting both on the sail?
I am still fairly new to boats, only our 3rd year, so I am still learning new things with every boat. On the bow of the 212 there is one standard metal cleat on top in the middle of the bow but then near the rail on both sides of the cleat there are metal line holders/guides? I have seen these on other boats but have no clue if they are used as line guide or are they another type of cleat?
Also, the outhaul on his boom runs internally. One has a wire to rope halyard and the other is all rope. I am assuming one is for attaching to the clew and the other would be used when the sail is reefed. Does it matter which is used to attach to the clew? The wire pennant had a head shackle on it so I again assumed that they had been using that as the primary outhaul. The other had a eye tied in the line that could have held a head shackle but none was there.
I was surprised how heavy the mast was lifting it up off the support bar to get it high enough that he could take over with the main sheet hooked to the jib halyard. I know it was because I was so close to the cabin which me put me towards the bottom of the mast but with the support bar across the cockpit I could not be any further back. My friend is vertically challenged and I am not sure he is going to be tall enough to push the mast up high enough for the person on the mainsheet to be able to take over. Any suggestions on how I can help him get the mast up high enough to start using the pull from the bow to help raise it? Would a gin pole attached at the bottom of the mast help in this instance? It has a fitting at the bottom of the mast for I assumed a spinnaker pole, could it be used for the gin pole?
Thanks
Sam
His main sail has both a bolt rope sewn in the bottom and a slug attached to the clew. Can this sail be used as a loose footed main since it has the slug or did they just go over kill putting both on the sail?
I am still fairly new to boats, only our 3rd year, so I am still learning new things with every boat. On the bow of the 212 there is one standard metal cleat on top in the middle of the bow but then near the rail on both sides of the cleat there are metal line holders/guides? I have seen these on other boats but have no clue if they are used as line guide or are they another type of cleat?
Also, the outhaul on his boom runs internally. One has a wire to rope halyard and the other is all rope. I am assuming one is for attaching to the clew and the other would be used when the sail is reefed. Does it matter which is used to attach to the clew? The wire pennant had a head shackle on it so I again assumed that they had been using that as the primary outhaul. The other had a eye tied in the line that could have held a head shackle but none was there.
I was surprised how heavy the mast was lifting it up off the support bar to get it high enough that he could take over with the main sheet hooked to the jib halyard. I know it was because I was so close to the cabin which me put me towards the bottom of the mast but with the support bar across the cockpit I could not be any further back. My friend is vertically challenged and I am not sure he is going to be tall enough to push the mast up high enough for the person on the mainsheet to be able to take over. Any suggestions on how I can help him get the mast up high enough to start using the pull from the bow to help raise it? Would a gin pole attached at the bottom of the mast help in this instance? It has a fitting at the bottom of the mast for I assumed a spinnaker pole, could it be used for the gin pole?
Thanks
Sam
