| Re: Main Halyard Lock/Downhaul
[Re: jkkartz1]
#237816 09/19/11 12:47 PM 09/19/11 12:47 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 975 South Louisiana, USA Clayton
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Posts: 975 South Louisiana, USA | I don't have any trouble with my Halyard slipping on my Stiletto. How is it held? Normally its a wire/rope halyard. Maybe the line is not the proper type for a halyard and its creeping? First you need to get full hoist, if it doesn't there is a problem right there that will limit downhaul length. Make sure everything is loose, mainsheet, downhaul, outhaul. Even a small amount of resistance will keep you from getting full hoist.
Also, you need to foot off, do not try to point with the monos, not going to happen especially with the stock daggerboard.
Which (who's) Stiletto are you sailing on? Just curious.
Clayton
Last edited by Clayton; 09/19/11 12:50 PM.
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[Re: Clayton]
#237819 09/19/11 01:04 PM 09/19/11 01:04 PM |
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL waterbug_wpb
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | agree. never try to point with a monohull, or you'll go just as slow. Foot away to gain speed/apparant wind and then work your way back up
Are you indicating that the rope clutch is slipping, causing the main to slide down, or is the halyard itself stretching/creeping once a load (downhaul) is applied?
Jay
| | | Re: Main Halyard Lock/Downhaul
[Re: jkkartz1]
#237832 09/19/11 03:51 PM 09/19/11 03:51 PM |
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL waterbug_wpb
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | I need some ammunition to explain to the skipper how important locking the halyard is. He came from sailing a Hunter and does not fully understand cats. Surely even Hunters benefit from good sail shape/shape control? How do the telltales read when the sail is in this state? I suspect deep draft from slack downhaul is probably not necessary and is generating a lot of drag, which would slow forward progress unnecessarily.
Last edited by waterbug_wpb; 09/19/11 03:56 PM.
Jay
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[Re: ThunderMuffin]
#238322 09/26/11 08:43 AM 09/26/11 08:43 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 975 South Louisiana, USA Clayton
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Posts: 975 South Louisiana, USA | Took the Stiletto out Saturday, pretty light wind day. Verified what was said earlier. Make sure everything is loose, downhaul, outhaul, traveler, main sheet. Main goes all the way up until it hits, cleat off, set everything according to wind. My downhaul is only 4/1, but works OK. Main headboard never moves when cranked on downhaul even after all day. This spring we had a LOT of wind for a few months so I would know if it was a problem.
Let us know how the new halyard works out.
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