Ran a second halyard this year. I was nervous not having a backup. Wondering how others have run their second halyard? Specifically, where do you secure the shackle (I’ve attached mine to the base of the forward most starboard side lifeline stanchion). How have you run the line down the cabin top? And how do you manage the line in the cockpit. Pictures would be great!
Thanks
Chip W
I do exactly that. I shackle it to the lifeline stanchion just tight enough for it to not rattle. Know that if the boom goes to the opposite side on a run, it will get tighter. You don’t want to make it to tight
I have a stack pack that is pretty low slung. So low that it does not allow the front hatch to open more than 5 inches. When anchoring or at a dock and spending the night, I use the second halyard to lift the sail at the point the hatch makes contact. I can open the hatch fully that way.
Once I left it shackled to the ring when I left the boat for a week. I came back to it fastened to a lift line for the stack pack. A boat neighbor fessed up as it was slamming against the mast in the wind. He moved it so they could sleep.
Chuck Garbarino
As You Wish
N30U
Thanks Chuck — and good idea to use it to lift the front of the sail! How do you run the line back to the cockpit?
Thanks again— Chip
My halyards, and all my control lines, are led back to the cockpit.
How did you run it out the base of the mast? Did you already have a second exit point? Thanks.
John - NS22 Tourmaline - Bolles Harbor, MI
I have a second exit point on the mast.
Yes, the second halyard exit was pre-existing.