Hello out there. I've been searching the Internet for the length of a Genoa halyard that will reach back to the cockpit of a Hunter 466. Anyone know?
Foresail (Genoa)Halyard 466
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jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Top of the morning to your Scallywagger. There is a calculator here on the site. Input your boat manufacture, model number, and you able to get the company estimate.
I guesstimate about 149ft should give you enough line to make a run up and down your mast and back to the cockpit.
You can by more, which would give you a surplus to use on other projects like fenders and such, or you can buy less which means you might not have enough to reach all the way to the cockpit and have to work at the mast during those North Sea storms.
Or you can trust the calculator to give you that Goldilocks, Ahhhh. Just right, number.
I guesstimate about 149ft should give you enough line to make a run up and down your mast and back to the cockpit.
You can by more, which would give you a surplus to use on other projects like fenders and such, or you can buy less which means you might not have enough to reach all the way to the cockpit and have to work at the mast during those North Sea storms.
Or you can trust the calculator to give you that Goldilocks, Ahhhh. Just right, number.
okay, great I'll take a look. I've bought a cruising chute and snuffer for my 466 but, it has no halyard set up for it. ThanksTop of the morning to your Scallywagger. There is a calculator here on the site. Input your boat manufacture, model number, and you able to get the company estimate.
I guesstimate about 149ft should give you enough line to make a run up and down your mast and back to the cockpit.
You can by more, which would give you a surplus to use on other projects like fenders and such, or you can buy less which means you might not have enough to reach all the way to the cockpit and have to work at the mast during those North Sea storms.
Or you can trust the calculator to give you that Goldilocks, Ahhhh. Just right, number.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
- 22,784
I installed a spinnaker crane on the top of my mast facing the bow and run the spinnaker and snuffer up on a block attached to the crane. This puts the halyard out in front of the forestay. The halyard enters the mast using an "exit box" and then out the same way near the deck. Installed with the mast off the boat. Pretty easy to manage all the lines running through the mast and make sure they do not conflict with anything. More difficult to do it with the mast standing on the boat and trying to accomplish it from 60 feet in the air.
okay great..I did send my drone up there to take a look..I have it figured out, its just the length of rope to get it back to the clutches in the cockpit. I tried the formula to get the length but couldn't figure out out to get it to work
132 feet per pages 46A-46B in the 466 Owner's Manual link on this site: HunterOwners.com downloads (sailboatowners.com) . Same as on my Hunter 46 and the halyard goes back to the cockpit through a rope clutch.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
- 22,784
When I ran the calculator on the website, the report is here.
Running Rigging Calculator
Here's the quote for your Hunter 466
Running Rigging Calculator
Here's the quote for your Hunter 466
| Item | Our Price | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Spinnaker halyard, Samson XLS3, White, cleats off in cockpit, cleats off in cockpit Length: 155 feet | each $230.95 | |
