Help! I am a new o'day owner (A 222) and the running rigging is somewhat of a puzzle to me..... Im not sure if the boom was modified but there seems to me to be too much rigging! There are three lines that pass thru the boom, and there are three 'eyes' on the underside; two movable and one stationary. The outhaul is clear to me but what do I do with the rest?? Where do I attach the vang and main sheets?? Please anyone None of my other boats were ever like this! Thanks in advance.....
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222 rigging
PugSailor, My 222 has three lines running through the boom. All three have jam cleats at the front of the boom and rollers at the rear. The starboard line attaches to the topping lift. The center line is the outhaul and the port side line is the jiffy reefing line. My mainsheet ties to the triangle plate on the aft stay. My vang ties to an eye at the mast base and a ring under the boom about 3' back., but I think my base is not original. Enjoy your 222... they are great boats. Lee
PugSailor, My 222 has three lines running through the boom. All three have jam cleats at the front of the boom and rollers at the rear. The starboard line attaches to the topping lift. The center line is the outhaul and the port side line is the jiffy reefing line. My mainsheet ties to the triangle plate on the aft stay. My vang ties to an eye at the mast base and a ring under the boom about 3' back., but I think my base is not original. Enjoy your 222... they are great boats. Lee
Thanks!
Aha! Funny how it all makes perfect sense after you know how! Thanks again all- It will be much easier for me now...
Aha! Funny how it all makes perfect sense after you know how! Thanks again all- It will be much easier for me now...
Running rigging
There should be a single sheave at the end of your topping lift. The Starboard pendant line comes out the back of the boom and goes through the sheave and is attached to the end of the boom with a small shackle. The Port pendant line comes out the back of the boom and goes up and through the reefing eye on the leech of the sail, and back down to a bail on the boom. You're probably going to have to rivet this bail to your boom for your reefing. This is what I had to do when I bought my boat new. Evidently, the previous owner never did this. The other bail needs to be riveted for your boom Vang, so make sure that you use the next bail from the end of the boom where the Main Sheet connects. The reefing bail wants to be in a position where it will stretch the sail out when it's reefed, and be close enough so that it holds the foot of the sail down against the boom. In order to get an idea of where this bail should be placed on the boom, you need to have the sail on and have the reefing cringle on the luff of the sail on the reefing hook. Then you're going to have to have your reefing line set up and try to stretch the sail out by hand just to get an idea where the bail should go. Then mark it, drill the two holes, and rivet it. You'll want to use stainless steel rivets for that. You can use star rivets or pop rivets. I'm not exactly sure of where I placed the boom Vang bale on the boom, but the boom is about 9' long and the bail should be somewhere about 1/3 of the way from the goose neck. The Jiffy reefing on this boat is the best and easiest that I've ever seen. You may have to remove the last sail slide off the mast track when you reef as I have to do, or it will put a lot of tension on that area of the sail. Instead of a sail stop that fits into the mast track to hold the sail slides in, I have been using a 3/16" braid rope about 12" long, tied above the mast winch and below the fist slide in between the luff and the mast. I use a slip reef knot for this line, and it works beautiful. Joe
There should be a single sheave at the end of your topping lift. The Starboard pendant line comes out the back of the boom and goes through the sheave and is attached to the end of the boom with a small shackle. The Port pendant line comes out the back of the boom and goes up and through the reefing eye on the leech of the sail, and back down to a bail on the boom. You're probably going to have to rivet this bail to your boom for your reefing. This is what I had to do when I bought my boat new. Evidently, the previous owner never did this. The other bail needs to be riveted for your boom Vang, so make sure that you use the next bail from the end of the boom where the Main Sheet connects. The reefing bail wants to be in a position where it will stretch the sail out when it's reefed, and be close enough so that it holds the foot of the sail down against the boom. In order to get an idea of where this bail should be placed on the boom, you need to have the sail on and have the reefing cringle on the luff of the sail on the reefing hook. Then you're going to have to have your reefing line set up and try to stretch the sail out by hand just to get an idea where the bail should go. Then mark it, drill the two holes, and rivet it. You'll want to use stainless steel rivets for that. You can use star rivets or pop rivets. I'm not exactly sure of where I placed the boom Vang bale on the boom, but the boom is about 9' long and the bail should be somewhere about 1/3 of the way from the goose neck. The Jiffy reefing on this boat is the best and easiest that I've ever seen. You may have to remove the last sail slide off the mast track when you reef as I have to do, or it will put a lot of tension on that area of the sail. Instead of a sail stop that fits into the mast track to hold the sail slides in, I have been using a 3/16" braid rope about 12" long, tied above the mast winch and below the fist slide in between the luff and the mast. I use a slip reef knot for this line, and it works beautiful. Joe
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