Headsail Lowering Line
A headsail lowering line
is a useful aid for both Cruising and
racing, it enables you to lower the headsail
without leaving the cockpit.
I can turn “LAROS” from
running wing and wing, into the wind and
have the headsail on the deck, within 30
seconds.
A 2mm or 3mm spectra line
is attached to the headsail halyard and
hanked onto the forestay with the sail, the
line is then run along the outside of the
lifeline stanchions, through saddles, back
to the front support of the pulpit.
When the sail is hoisted
the line goes up with the sail.
When it is time to lower
the sail the skipper or crew simply pull the
line in and down the sail comes.
Lazy Jacks
Lazy Jacks
enable the mainsail to be lowered and
contained, if you do not have a rolling
boom, so that the helmspersons view is not
obscured by a cloud of sail.
Saddles are
attached to either side of the mast about
100mm above the spreaders and either side of
the boom 300mm from each end and in the
centre. A line, with loops either end, is
attached to the mast saddle with a
D-shackle, through one of the loops. A
second line is attached to the saddle at the
outer end of the boom with a snap hook. The
other end of this line, with a loop, is
threaded through the lower loop of the mast
line. A third line is threaded through the
loop of the second line and snap hooks are
attached to each end of this third line.
These snap hooks are then attached to the
central and front saddles. To rig and
de-rig the snap hooks are detached from the
boom, clipped together and attached to some
point near the base of the mast.
I trust that
this description is relatively clear and not
too ‘loopy’.
Happy sailing.
Len Hatfield
“LAROS” UY
18D 18
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