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Nautiduck
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Initially Posted - 05/07/2012 :  18:43:04  Show Profile
We launched Nauti Duck on Saturday and on Sunday went to bend on the sails. Worst case scenario happened - the messenger line detached from the internal furler halyard leaving a couple of feet of the furler halyard dangling 30' above the deck. Not wanting to lower the just-tuned mast I decided to invent the Nauti Duck High Line Retriever.

Basically it is a 2" PVC Elbow with a cap and a short 2" PVC pipe extension. It uses wire cable to form a noose that closes on the errant halyard. Here is a photo:



Here is a closer look at the business end. Note the duct taped-on dowel that keeps the noose level.



Closer view of the business end. Note the duct taped-on 3/4" PVC pipe covered in #42 Course sandpaper which helps grip the halyard once it is snagged.



Here is what a snagged line looks like in the grips of the device:



Here is an overall view:



Essentially here is how it is built - Place the cap on the elbow. Drill two holes in the cap for the wire cable. Put a stopper on one end of the cable (inside the cap) to stop it from pulling through the hole. Thread the other end of the cable down through the tube and create a small loop at its end. Then tie a long line to this loop so you can pull it down and close the noose. Duct tape the sandpaper-cover small pipe to the cap. Also duct tape a dowel to stick out and hold the wire noose up. Use a small piece of masking tape to hold the loop to the dowel (it will let go when you pull the cable down to close the noose and grip the rope.

Attach the jib halyard (your spare since you have a furler) to the top eyebolt. You will raise the device using your spare job halyard.

Attach two "steering" lines to the lower eyebolt (on the PVC tube). You use these two lines to position the device in any direction once you are near the dangling line.

OK, raise the device to just under the dangling line. Position it using the two steering lines. When you are right under the dangling line then pull the jib halyard to raise the device and capture the dangling line in the noose. Now, keep tension on the jib halyard while you pull the noose line until it closes and pins the dangling line to the sandpaper. Now keep some tension on the jib halyard as you use the noose line to pull the whole assembly down.

We used three people. I controlled the noose line. Pat raised the job halyard and our friend Jim (Mariposa) used the steering lines. Two could do it as well, leaving the noose line untended until the dangling line is captured in the noose, but three was nice.

From arriving at the boat until having the dangling line captured and brought to the deck took 10 minutes. Sure beats lowering and raising the mast!!

Total cost about $12.


We cannot direct the winds but we can adjust our sails.
Edited by - Nautiduck on 05/07/2012 18:49:07

John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/07/2012 :  18:52:24  Show Profile
OK, you didn't patent the Dock-o-matic. This is pretty cool and I think could have a place in the market.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/07/2012 :  21:00:01  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Very clever! You actually probably could sell this idea.
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