What can I use (purchase) to quickly connect the tack of my asymetric sail. I do not have a bowsprit and was thinking that I could use the anchor roller. Thanks
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I have used
my anchor roller before and it worked well for port tacks but not as well for starboard. The rolles is set to one side of the boat. ATN makes a "Tacker" which is a hard plastic sleeve that goes around the furled headsail. This works well if your luff length isn't too long. You can use an adjustable downhaul to tension it.
my anchor roller before and it worked well for port tacks but not as well for starboard. The rolles is set to one side of the boat. ATN makes a "Tacker" which is a hard plastic sleeve that goes around the furled headsail. This works well if your luff length isn't too long. You can use an adjustable downhaul to tension it.
I use a strap
it connects to the tack of the sail and then to a ring on the forestay fitting... if I am sailing far off the wind I let the strap out... if I am beam reaching I snug the strap up by passing it thru the tack cringle and the forestay fitting a few times. Cheap (not $100 like an ATN tacker) and easy...
it connects to the tack of the sail and then to a ring on the forestay fitting... if I am sailing far off the wind I let the strap out... if I am beam reaching I snug the strap up by passing it thru the tack cringle and the forestay fitting a few times. Cheap (not $100 like an ATN tacker) and easy...
Here you go
You can buy the parts at a hardware store and construct it in an hour... Here’s an easy-to-make bowsprit, seats in the anchor locker. This will throw the spin ahead of the main, less blanketing. Tack line and 2 sheets permanently deployed for quick setup. (Note that the link here has 2 pages of pix and directions.)
You can buy the parts at a hardware store and construct it in an hour... Here’s an easy-to-make bowsprit, seats in the anchor locker. This will throw the spin ahead of the main, less blanketing. Tack line and 2 sheets permanently deployed for quick setup. (Note that the link here has 2 pages of pix and directions.)
I have a 1350 sqft ...
...asymetrical that I fly off my sprit pole. Works magnificantly. If you just use your anchor roller you still need to use a snatch block and a tack line lead back to the cockpit. This way you can adjust the tack height by as much as 6 to 8 ft. Gives far better sail shape and control. The problem with the ATN Tacker or anything like it is that it also prevents the sail from rolling out to weather where it belongs when you sail deeper. Any kind of forward projection would be preferable.
...asymetrical that I fly off my sprit pole. Works magnificantly. If you just use your anchor roller you still need to use a snatch block and a tack line lead back to the cockpit. This way you can adjust the tack height by as much as 6 to 8 ft. Gives far better sail shape and control. The problem with the ATN Tacker or anything like it is that it also prevents the sail from rolling out to weather where it belongs when you sail deeper. Any kind of forward projection would be preferable.
Bow pulpit
My 5 foot tack line goes once around the windward side of the top rail of the bow pulpit, then down to the toerail with a snap shackle. I ease or tighten the luff of the sail by moving the snap shackle forward or back on the toerail. Works great with the Doyle asymetric on our '77 h27. David Lady Lillie
My 5 foot tack line goes once around the windward side of the top rail of the bow pulpit, then down to the toerail with a snap shackle. I ease or tighten the luff of the sail by moving the snap shackle forward or back on the toerail. Works great with the Doyle asymetric on our '77 h27. David Lady Lillie
The force...
..on the tack line of my asail can reach well over 1000lbs. Certainly far too much to allow adjutment of any snatch block. My tack line leads back to the cockpit and a cabintop winch. The other advantage is that if necessary, the tack line can be released at a moments notice which would instantly unload the sail.
..on the tack line of my asail can reach well over 1000lbs. Certainly far too much to allow adjutment of any snatch block. My tack line leads back to the cockpit and a cabintop winch. The other advantage is that if necessary, the tack line can be released at a moments notice which would instantly unload the sail.
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