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John Russell
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Response Posted - 04/10/2008 :  22:18:10  Show Profile
At first glance, I thought that too. That's his backstay. The "Y" junction is barely visible above the boom. It's one a them thar optic-like delusions!
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Response Posted - 04/10/2008 :  22:28:42  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
John, I think you may be right, what's the bet that the boom is clipped to the backstay for boom stability at the dock?

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 04/11/2008 :  09:35:55  Show Profile
You guys are good. That is the backstay and yes I use the dreaded pigtail to clip the boom to the backstay.

Don, when I said the kicker is set-it-and-forget-it I meant in its capacity as the kicker and keeping the boom out of the cockpit. We have had no problems with people reaching for the boom for balance - probably because the boom is attached to the backstay with the pigtail!

I've had a topping lift with the adjusting hardware and now a kicker. I prefer the kicker.
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zebra50
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Response Posted - 04/11/2008 :  13:23:53  Show Profile
my 1998 WB came with a topping lift, as in the photo. I did attach a stop ball to the line just aft of where it would lock into the cleat to eliminate the chance that someone forgets to secure the line when dropping the main, or in an emergency dropping of the main
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SCnewbie
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Response Posted - 04/12/2008 :  13:04:54  Show Profile
Hey just wanted to let those who helped me know that the cable in back was iondeed the outhaul and the one on the port side was the reefing line. I put the main on Friday. I need a new cleat for the outhaul as it doesn't want to stay put in the v cleat.
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frog0911
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Response Posted - 04/13/2008 :  08:14:50  Show Profile
You did not say if you had three sheaves in your boom or two. If the third on the starboard side is there then your boat did come with a topping lift and can be added again, but will take a little work unless the person who removed it left a messenger line for re-install.
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C25eclipse
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Response Posted - 04/18/2008 :  14:10:15  Show Profile
Dave, I had the same setup on a 28 footer I once had and found it very easy to use. I wonder if I need the upper block- at the end of the topping lift for a Capri 25. Couldn't I run a line from the masthead down through the Harken 245 and out the jamb cleat? This would eliminate the block above that could wear on the sail and annoy me in light air racing. Maybe that reduces the purchase too much though?

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<br />I used a little Harken 245 fiddle block with jam cleat (a V in one side of the body) on the boom end, with a 1/4" line between it and a block on the topping lift--very convenient. (Got the idea from Jim Baumgart.) A simple tug pulled it up for more headroom, and a stopper knot allowed a quick release for sailing and prevented free-falls.

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