We own a Hunter 340 and plan to cruise this summer. We found a lightweight one person hammock and thought it would be nice to have on deck. Has anyone hung a hammock from the mainsail boom? How much weight will the boom hold?
Hanging a hammock
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Hi, We usually hang our hammock between the fore stay and the mast, we take a couple of wraps around the mast above the sail and tie the other end, using several wraps, over the furled jib, it's been working well for us on our H30. Fair winds Ron & Anne
as much as your topping lift can support
the problem, however, is that you're going to swing into your vang every time the boat gets hit by a wake. an alternative approach is to use a spinnaker tack stray around the forestay in unison with your spinnaker halyard. The halyard supports most of the weight. Then tie the other end of the hammock off to the mast. bliss.
the problem, however, is that you're going to swing into your vang every time the boat gets hit by a wake. an alternative approach is to use a spinnaker tack stray around the forestay in unison with your spinnaker halyard. The halyard supports most of the weight. Then tie the other end of the hammock off to the mast. bliss.
strain on the roller furling?
Thanks for the reply. Does this cause an excessive strain on the roller furling??
Thanks for the reply. Does this cause an excessive strain on the roller furling??
well....
I weigh 225 lbs and spend a great deal of time reading in the hammock on the headstay without damaging it. However, I use my spinnaker tack strap, which is about six inches wide, rather than wrapping line around the sail. (My concern here is not damaging the foil, but the sail itself.) Much of the weight will be borne by the spinnaker halyard, not the forestay. The working load of your topping lift was probably at least 1,200 lbs when it was new. This as a conservative estimate because I don't know what type of line you have, how thick it is, or how old it is. You can easily test it by tieing a bowline in the end and jumping it--at your own risk--a few times. Please don't sue me if you blow out a knee, et cetera. I'd think that you're safer snoozing on the foredeck than over the cockpit. If something goes wrong, I'd rather land on a flat surface than smack my head on the binnacle or the companionway steps, whatever. I should add that I'm an English professor, not an engineer, and that all the above should be taken as well-intentioned advice of a fellow boat owner, based on one man's experience, rather than expert advice.
I weigh 225 lbs and spend a great deal of time reading in the hammock on the headstay without damaging it. However, I use my spinnaker tack strap, which is about six inches wide, rather than wrapping line around the sail. (My concern here is not damaging the foil, but the sail itself.) Much of the weight will be borne by the spinnaker halyard, not the forestay. The working load of your topping lift was probably at least 1,200 lbs when it was new. This as a conservative estimate because I don't know what type of line you have, how thick it is, or how old it is. You can easily test it by tieing a bowline in the end and jumping it--at your own risk--a few times. Please don't sue me if you blow out a knee, et cetera. I'd think that you're safer snoozing on the foredeck than over the cockpit. If something goes wrong, I'd rather land on a flat surface than smack my head on the binnacle or the companionway steps, whatever. I should add that I'm an English professor, not an engineer, and that all the above should be taken as well-intentioned advice of a fellow boat owner, based on one man's experience, rather than expert advice.
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