[Rhodes22-list] topping lift?

[Graham Parker]

Thanks Peter,
I routed mine that way and had a nice sail yesterday!
Cheers
Graham

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> On Jun 1, 2024, at 9:07 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
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> As part of preparing to go sailing in a few weeks, I put up my mast yesterday, and discovered that I was wrong.  My boom topping lift is routed aft of the spreader.  
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> --Peter
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>> On 2024-05-26, at 21:04:53 EDT, Peter Nyberg wrote:
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>> Graham,
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>> There are two pulleys to port and two pulleys to starboard at the top of the
>> mast. You would have discovered this pretty quickly once you had the mast down,
>> and this detail doesn't really matter a great deal.
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>> I'm pretty sure that the location of the small block at the edge of the cabin
>> top on my boat dictates that the topping lift line will come down to the deck
>> forward of the spreader.  On other boats apparently that block is further aft,
>> and the line passes aft of the spreader.  You will need to figure out which path
>> is correct for your boat.  It should be easy to reroute the line one way or the
>> other with a boat hook.
>> 
>> Peter Nyberg
>> Coventry, CT
>> s/v Silverheels (19888/2016)
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