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Bruce Baker
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Initially Posted - 07/28/2005 :  16:23:31  Show Profile
Many boats hold up their booms with the main halyard, when not sailing. Catalina 25's have dedicated boom lifts. I find that my boom lift stays attached to the boom at all times. It holds the boom perfectly level when not sailing and the boom is perfectly level when sailing too. Is that the experience of other C-25 owners?

Am I defeating some possible extra benefit from the vang by having the boom lift on? Just wondering.
Bruce Baker
Falls Church, VA
"Yee Ha" 3573
'83SR/SK
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dlucier
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Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
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Response Posted - 07/28/2005 :  16:56:45  Show Profile
Bruce,

The topping lift for the boom is used to hold the boom up when the main sail is stowed and to provide additional sail shaping capabilities (when winds are light and the weight of the boom flattens the main too much) Additionally, the topping lift aids in reefing the main.

When sailing, my topping lift is well slackened so it does not interfere with the mains'l.
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Gloss
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Response Posted - 07/28/2005 :  18:14:40  Show Profile
Hey Bruce,
Is your topping lift (boom lift)adjustable? I believe that it should be.

I use mine to lift the boom way up when anchored out, and then I don't get conked in the head while in the cockpit. Of course then I don't benefit from getting some sense knocked in.
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GeorgeB
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Response Posted - 07/28/2005 :  19:07:48  Show Profile
The adjustment for my topping lift is a jam cleat mounter on the Boom, I've foundthis very awkward, Hard to get to when I'm reefed. I'm thinking of running the topping lift up to the masthead, through a block, and back to the cockpit. Has any one done this? Have you encountered any issues?
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 07/29/2005 :  09:36:06  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 GeorgeB</i>
<br />The adjustment for my topping lift is a jam cleat mounter on the Boom, I've found this very awkward, Hard to get to when I'm reefed. I'm thinking of running the topping lift up to the masthead, through a block, and back to the cockpit. Has any one done this? Have you encountered any issues?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

The topping lift is one of only two lines I have led aft to the cockpit, and it saves a lot of grief.

As for running the topping lift up to the masthead and back down, yeah, you could do it this way, but this adds weight aloft, both lines and a block, and creates more windage.

My topping lift starts at the end of the boom tied to a becket on a single block. From there it goes up a few feet to another single block, which is attached to a wire rope that goes up to the masthead, and then back down to the single block at the end of the boom. From there the line goes along the boom to a turning block on the mast, to a turning block at the mast base, through a deck mounted cheek block, and finally to a cleat on the aft cabintop.

I installed this soon after I bought my boat because I can't stand the standard issue "pigtail" which I haven't used in years.
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GeorgeB
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Response Posted - 07/29/2005 :  10:09:15  Show Profile
Thanks Don,

I agree with your assessment of the pigtail
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 07/29/2005 :  11:52:42  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
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