Main sail/boom question
- Thread starter awerman
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Release cable just before sail is all the way up and attach it just as you start to lower the main. Chief
It is called a BOOM LIFT.
Disconnect it before you raise your sail. Reconnect it AFTER the sail is down.
Do you have a topping lift?
Do you know the skippers at the C25 Association?
http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org
I've been getting error mesages recently on these links. Try a Google search on Catalina 25, they're there.
I've been getting error mesages recently on these links. Try a Google search on Catalina 25, they're there.
If it is a small (about 12-inch long) cable with a clip that is attached to the backstay, it's called a pigtail. It's meant to hold the boom out of the cockpit when not sailing. Detach it BEFORE raising the mainsail and reattach it AFTER dropping the main.
My favorite trick is to forget to unclip before raising the main. I've done it more than once... Finally learned my lesson on a windy day when the main went up, I released the mainsheet as the sail filled, but the boom didn't move because it was still clipped to the pigtail. Put the rail in the water almost immediately!!! Rookie move!!! Enough said.
My favorite trick is to forget to unclip before raising the main. I've done it more than once... Finally learned my lesson on a windy day when the main went up, I released the mainsheet as the sail filled, but the boom didn't move because it was still clipped to the pigtail. Put the rail in the water almost immediately!!! Rookie move!!! Enough said.
In addition, it is also called a BOOM LIFT. The "lift" is not to be confused with what happens when you get knocked on your ear if, as Dave mentioned, you forget to disconnect the little thingie.
Or a boom kicker / rigid vang... Either will be less hassle than a topping lift, and both will improve light air sailing performance as they will keep positive pressure UP on the boom, thus preventing the weight of the boom from knocking the wind out of the sail when it's light air.