Cutter Rig hardware Cherubini 37C

Jul 29, 2012
80
hunter 37 cherubini Apollo Beach
There is a piece of hardware mounted to the main mast that allows the cutter boom to secure when not in use.

Anyone got a picture of that hardware or know where I can get one?
 
Jun 8, 2004
1,065
C&C Frigate 36 St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
Hi Mike, on my boat (1983) there is no hardware on the mast to secure the staysail boom - I just use the staysail halyard asa topping lift.
 
Jun 8, 2004
1,065
C&C Frigate 36 St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
The only one I could find in a hurry - isn't the best but it shows the track for the staysail boom. Note that the1982 and later boats had a stainless steel bar over top of the dorade vents (to protect them form the boom)
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Jun 5, 2010
1,123
Hunter 25 Burlington NJ
Any topping lift for this boom needs to be able to lower it to the deck or rail or pull it well up above. Those so-called 'topping lifts' of about 24" long that hold the boom to the backstay, or the staysail boom to the mast, are essentially useless as a 'topping lift' - that's just a means of storing it 'out of the way' (a term I cannot abide on a sailboat. It's not in the way; it's part of the rigging. That's like saying your car's transmission is 'in the way').

If you can't get the staysail boom out of the way, it effectively cuts the deck in half. You've got to climb over (only when furled, and dangerous), go around ahead of it (long trip on narrowest part of boat), or duck under (ow!). I've dealt with this on Cherubini 44s for years, to the point where I would rig any inner staysail with either a detachable boom or none at all. In fact a lot can be said that the boat will trim better with a loose-footed inner staysail (even one on its own roller-furler). Try it and see ;)

So in short I'm saying to not look for a piece of hardware to fasten the boom to the mast. You shouldn't want to. The only reason I see for such hardware is for when using the staysail boom as a ridgepole for an awning or winter cover; in which case you can lash it to the spinnaker-pole eye on the mast (which is normally set, or able to be moved to, right opposite the main boom, making a very practical profile for any such cover).