Jib sail trouble

[pjclmft]

I bought a Catalina 27 and I'm excited to sail. But when I attached the sheet. To the foresail and pulled it up, I found that the rope ended and the cable came down too far to tie it off. I don't wont to ring the cable around the wench on the mast. What have I done wrong?

 

[emergpa1]

Could you run that by me again?

 

[DannyS]

A couple of items... Ropes on a boat are called lines and the line that hoists the sail is called a halyard. The sheets are the lines that control the sails. Terminology is tricky when you first start sailing but it helps others diagnose issues on a forum like this.
You have a halyard that has a rope to cable splice and my guess is that you also have a winch on the mast that you can wrap the line around to take up some of the cable then cleat the line off. Either that or there is a turning block at the base of the mast that then guides the halyard back to the cockpit where it is cleated off.
I hope this makes sense.

 

[KingAirDriver]

I interpreted the question as such:

Is it okay to wrap the cable portion of the halyard around the mast winch?

He seems to think the cable portion of his halyard is too long, or his is doing something wrong.

On my Cat 22 we had that issue, we just did 1 wrap around the winch with the wire then cleated the line off.

 

[pjclmft]

Thanks for the terminology Yes the line is spliced to the halyard and when I pull up the sail, it seems that the line should be longer so that I can tie it off on the mast. Maybe it is supposed to extend back to the cockpit???

 

[emergpa1]

Thanks for the terminology Yes the line is spliced to the halyard and when I pull up the sail, it seems that the line should be longer so that I can tie it off on the mast. Maybe it is supposed to extend back to the cockpit???

You will love this site for figuring out terms and rigging.

http://www.glen-l.com/free-book/rigging-small-sailboats.html

Best of luck,

Keith

 

[captcoho]

I bought a Catalina 27 and I'm excited to sail. But when I attached the sheet. To the foresail and pulled it up, I found that the rope ended and the cable came down too far to tie it off. I don't wont to ring the cable around the wench on the mast. What have I done wrong?

Is the halyard to be led down to a turning block or deck organizer and to a clutch near to / or on top the campanon way?

 

[pjclmft]

Yes I believe so to the last question. My main sail has one running back to the Cockpit so that I can lower the main for reefing purposes so I figure that I can do the same for the jib if the wind gets too strong and pull it down from the stern instead of trying to do it and get thrown overboard clammering to the now. Thanks for all the help. PAtrick

 

[pjclmft]

Bow

 

[Jon_E]

Yes I believe so to the last question. My main sail has one running back to the Cockpit so that I can lower the main for reefing purposes so I figure that I can do the same for the jib if the wind gets too strong and pull it down from the stern instead of trying to do it and get thrown overboard clammering to the now. Thanks for all the help. PAtrick

The question is a little confusing, Patrick.

If the jib is raised, you should have plenty of halyard laying about, at least as much as your mast is tall. There should be plenty of halyard to lead to the cockpit if you want. The trick is having a halyard long enough to raise the jib from the cockpit as that is when you'll have the least amount.