[Rhodes22-list] topping lift?

[Ed McNamara]

Totally agree with Patrick. If you decide you want to reverse what you’ve
done do what I’ve done several times… ball up the end of the line and take
a “hook shot” to heave it over the spreader and onto the preferred side.

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:31 PM PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:

> It depends %100 on where your turning block is on the cabin top.  If it is
> in front of the spreader position you need to run the lift line in front to
> avoid rubbing on the spreader.  And vice versa.
> Patrick
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM Graham Parker <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
>
> > So my boat was a 2011 and the cleat for the topping lift is on the  of
> the
> > port side of the cabin top. It is fed from the top of the mast through a
> > feed halfway down the port side of cabin top. Visually it looks like it
> > should descend aft of the spreader BUT so far this thread has a 2 -1 bias
> > towards the line coming down in front of the spreader! I would love a few
> > more opinions before I attempt to rig it tomorrow.
> >  Many thanks.
> > Graham Parker
> >
> > > On May 27, 2024, at 10:03, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Just to further muddy the waters, if you ever want to be able to fly a
> > cruising or triradial spinnaker, you will find you run out of masthead
> > blocks.  I solved this shortage by attaching my topping lift to the aft
> end
> > of the masthead and running the line down to the boom.  At the aft end of
> > the boom, I mounted a small cam cleat.  This solution has worked well.  I
> > can adjust the topping lift from the aft end of the cockpit and I have
> > enough halyards for my spinnakers.
> > > Roger Pihlaja
> > > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > > 1978. Sanford, MI
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > >> On May 26, 2024, at 9:05 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Graham,
> > >>
> > >> 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.
> > >>
> > >> 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)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> [ Sent From rhodes22.net ]
> > >>
> > >>> On 2024-05-26, at 13:04:47 EDT, Graham Parker wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi everyone,
> > >>> I am not sure if the line that controls the boom height is really
> > called a
> > >>> topping lift? but that is the line I am talking about. It came out of
> > the
> > >>> masthead top pulley during mast raising and now I have to drop the
> > mast and re
> > >>> rig it so I want to make sure I do it correctly. Is there a diagram
> > anywhere in
> > >>> the archives? I think the line goes from the rear top of the boom up
> > into a
> > >>> pulley (one or two pulleys?) on the top of the mast and then down on
> > the aft
> > >>> side of the port spreader and into the cleat on the cabin top?
> > >>> Can anyone clarify before I drop the mast?
> > >>> Cheers
> > >>> Graham Parker
> > >>> sv 00Sailin
> > >>> Lake Champlain
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
>