Beneteau 323 Lazy Jack installation

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Robins

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Jul 17, 2007
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Beneteau 323 Oakville
Our new Beneteau 323 was launched this spring and came with the lazy jacks installed to a Neil Pryde Lazy bag. The broker installed the lazy jacks to the mast above the spreader and then routed the lines down the mast and through a hole in the spreader before they came out over the boom. Is this correct? The lines are wearing in the holes in the spreaders and the angles of the lines to the Lazy bag appear totally incorrect. I cannot find a picture of a Beneteau 323 with lazy jacks to check this out.
 
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Doug_Meyer

Setup is correct

I have a 323 with the Pryde bag setup. The forward lead goes ties to the slot in the bag closest to the mast. this is threaded through a stainless steel ring and tied off to a second stainless ring. A second line is tied to the second slot in the bag, threaded through the tied off ring on the first line and secured to the last slot in the bag. The final linw is attached to the loose ring, threaded through the spreader, and tied off to an attachment point on the mast above the spreaders. If you contact customer service at BeneteauUSA.com, they may be able to send you an illustration. There should be a fairly good illustration of this in your owners manual. I have replaced the uuper attachment on the with harken blocks and led the lines to cleats on the back of the mast so that I can adjust the lazy jack lines, or drop the bag completely. Yes, the lines wear on the eyelets in the spreaders. I just had one break last week. I'm getting ready to go up the mast to replace both lines today or tomorrow. The original 6mm line I had was too short and I had replaced it with 3mm. I am now going back to 6mm line. I have never been crazy about the setup, but it does work when we're short handed on the boat. It certainly beats in-mast furling in my opinion.
 
Sep 4, 2005
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Beneteau 343 Seattle
Neil Pryde Installation Guide

Does this help? http://neilprydesails.com/pdfs/lazy%20installation.pdf I had mine modified too so that the lines come back down. I got little cheek blocks where the lines were attached to bring them back down. Haven't checked for chafe on the spreaders yet... Good point should do that. Since I had an open spin lock, I brought it back to the cockpit. Helps when hoisting sail. Slack the lazy-jack line on that side, bring the boom slightly over to that side and you are less likely to get the battens caught in the lazy jack lines. Cat
 
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