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hewebb
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Response Posted - 02/11/2012 :  05:45:50  Show Profile
OK, I think I have the picture now. The couple of topping lifts that I have looked at were cables fastened without any adjustment. I can add one with adjustable pulleys etc and it will work. I just bought a bunch of halyard line and maybe I will have enough left to fashion a topping lift. I have the boat home with the mast down so will be able to work on it.

Thanks all.
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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 02/11/2012 :  08:54:46  Show Profile
My topping lift is not adjustable. It holds the boom about 1' lower than the pigtail does. When I hoist the main, the topping lift goes slack by a few inches.
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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 02/11/2012 :  09:25:23  Show Profile
The topping lift can be used in light air to add twist to the sail.
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redviking
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Response Posted - 02/11/2012 :  14:06:20  Show Profile
I never steer. AP is the way to go...

Sten
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 02/11/2012 :  16:37:19  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Don, that looks like a symmetrical spinnaker being flown pole-less. Is it?

Paul
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/11/2012 :  18:03:32  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by britinusa</i>
<br />Don, that looks like a symmetrical spinnaker being flown pole-less. Is it?

Paul

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Paul,

I don't recall the exact dimensions, but it is indeed an asymmetrical spinnaker. It looks like a symmetrical in the photo because the spinnaker is rotated rather forward.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 02/11/2012 :  18:29:31  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
It was the port and stbd clew tapes that made me wonder.

I thought that an Asymmetrical spin has a tack and a clew, the tack is always at the bow and the clew flies around or inside the jib.

Paul
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/11/2012 :  19:31:08  Show Profile
My asymmetrical measures 29' at the luff and 27'9" on the leech.
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hewebb
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Response Posted - 02/16/2012 :  06:19:56  Show Profile
I picked up my foresail yesterday along with the items necessary to build a topping lift. It will be adjustable. It will be a 1/4 " non stretch line tied off at the mast head on the same pin as the rear stay. There will be a pulley on the aft end of the boom and a line holding V cleat mounted to the side of the boom to hold the line.
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