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RoofRoof
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Initially Posted - 08/28/2003 : 14:57:08

So, how do you have your topping lift rigged?

Currently I have a line run from the aft end of the boom....up over a block at the top of the mast, and the line runs down the mast to a cleat.

The admiral thinks that the extra line running down the mast gets in her way, and has a tendency to foul the jib halyard.

So, I'm going to rig it differently.

Likely tied off at the block on top of the mast....down to a block on the aft end of the boom....up to another block about 3 feet up the line....and back down to a cam cleat on the boom.

But, I'd like another opinion or two, or three.

One consideration is that I have a Tall Rig. Currently the boom stays down at the lowest point, but we may raise it when we attempt to add a bimini. So, I know to leave enough room between the blocks and the boom for this purpose.

So????

PICs would be wonderful! Or at least drawings....

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 08/28/2003 : 16:34:15

Mine is spliced to the backstay pin at the masthead, turns on a block at the end of the boom to a horn cleat forward on the port side of the boom. I plan to replace it with a line that runs the same way, turning at a cheek block at the gooseneck, down and back to a clutch at the cockpit (using gear I added last Spring) so I can easily adjust it for my new bimini. An advantage of that route is you don't have another line slapping on the mast.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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dgabel
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Response Posted - 08/28/2003 : 17:03:39

Mine is rigged similar to Dave's, but I have a jam cleat mounted on the boom forward of the cheek block that turns the line after it comes down from the masthead. It's easy to adjust from the cockpit.

Dave Gabel
Walkure
Hull 1484, fin keel, tall rig.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 08/28/2003 : 17:15:38

Mine is rigged very nicely by the PO and is so easy to use. The line is tied to the top of the mast. It comes down to a little block at the end of the boom. This block has an integral jam cleat. All you have to do is pull up on the line to move the boom and pull down to and jam it in the cleat to fix it in place.

I raise the boom all the way and wrap the excess line around the backstay (and tie it) to hold the boom in place when not sailing.

<img src="http://www.indiscipline.org/cat25/pictures/icon.jpg" border=0>Indiscipline 1978 FK #398

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 08/28/2003 : 17:55:22

We discussed C-25 boom topping lifts earlier this month. Here's the [url="http://www.catalina25-250.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4220"]link[/url].

-- Leon Sisson

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matsche
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Response Posted - 08/28/2003 : 18:07:56

Mine was from Catalina Direct. Once I looked at the setup, I decided not to run it along the boom either, so I attached it to the end of the boom using 2 blocks. One block (w/ jam cleat) is attached to the end of the boom, the other to the end of the wire that goes to the mast head. A 1/4 line is used between the blocks for a 2:1 purchase. It's a fairly simple setup.

On the downside, if I want to give the sail more shape while broad reaching in light wind, I have to first pull in the boom to reach the topping lift control, tighten it, then let the boom back out. Not a terribly big deal.

John Matsche 1985 TR/FK #5171

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John Mason
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Response Posted - 08/29/2003 : 15:21:11

My topping lift runs like the halyard. I have my halyards run inside the mast, out at the bottom to blocks, deck organisers and back to clutches. The topping lift is run back to a clam cleat.

John Mason
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pronounced "Ali Paroosa"
1982 - FK/SR #3290

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deastburn
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Response Posted - 08/29/2003 : 23:26:26

Mine is attached to the end of the boom, runs through a block on the masthead crane, down through a block at the mast base, and is the led aft to a jam cleat on the coach roof. Yes, it is another line to bang on the mast, but it just gets tied off with the halyards anyway. No big deal.

One thing I did do is use different colored line for each function, so when I have inexperienced crew aboard (which is often), I can just tell them to haul in on the "red white and blue" line (topping lift), or the red line (main halyard downhaul), or the blue line (first reef), and so on. It is also an antidote to my senioritis.

Dave on "Wood Duck" (#2616)

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Shawn
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Response Posted - 08/29/2003 : 23:47:55

I drilled a hole in one side of the masthead to hang a small shackle. There is a very small gauge s.s. wire hanging from the shackle (can't recall the diameter), same stuff you use for your standing rig, only much lighter. The wire runs parallel to the backstay. It ends about 2'-3' above the aft end of the boom with a small single block hanging from it. I then have a line tied with a stopper knot at the aft boom casting, that runs up through the block hanging on the end of the wire, back down through a cheek block, mounted near the aft end of the boom, then to a cleat on the forward end of the boom. Simple and inexspensive set up.

Shawn
1980 C25 tr/fk #1960

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