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icesailing
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 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: outhaul line |
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| whats the best way to secure/tie down your outhaul line after cleating it. on a non adjustable setup. is there a profesional way to do this so it doesn't unwrap. |
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scooper
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speedysailor
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:41 am Post subject: Re: outhaul line |
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| icesailing wrote: | | whats the best way to secure/tie down your outhaul line after cleating it. on a non adjustable setup. is there a profesional way to do this so it doesn't unwrap. |
Just do a series of half hitches along one arm of the boom. It's the same as what you should do with your downhaul on a Chinook extention. There's a previous thread on this which makes it quite clear. |
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pueno
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:22 am Post subject: Re: outhaul line |
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| seedysailor wrote: | | ...a previous thread on this which makes it quite clear. |
The more you contributed to the thread, the less clear it became. |
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LeeD
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Not close to "pro" here.....
But windsurfing since short boards were first used..
Always just wrapped it around the rear boom arm and tucked it once under like the second to last wrap..pull tight. Don't remember it ever coming off. |
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shreddbob
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the professional way  Wrap, terminate with Clove Hitch and stopper knot. Twist to snug it all up. I took some photos.
http://public.fotki.com/shredbob/outhaul/
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whitevan01
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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anacreon,
very nice. I do the clove hitch but hadn't thought of the stopper knot. very good idea.
now, if I could only keep my downhaul from coming out of the sail and laying on the deck I'd be all set. |
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PeconicPuffin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:06 am Post subject: |
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Dennis, tuck your downhaul line up into your mast base extension. This is much more effective than tucking it into the sail.
| Dennis0778 wrote: | anacreon,
very nice. I do the clove hitch but hadn't thought of the stopper knot. very good idea.
now, if I could only keep my downhaul from coming out of the sail and laying on the deck I'd be all set. |
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shreddbob
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Puffin,
For me, I like to have my downhaul line accessible for loosening out on the water. This has become necessary to get back in at times, and I'd prefer not to have to detach sail to get at the downhaul. Also, not all mast extensions allow feeding extra line inside. So for those who want/need the downhaul to be secured externally here's my method:
http://public.fotki.com/shredbob/downhaul/
BTW I enjoy your blog!
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bred2shred
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | whats the best way to secure/tie down your outhaul line after cleating it. on a non adjustable setup. is there a profesional way to do this so it doesn't unwrap. |
Here is the method I've evloved to-
Many boom tail ends have an "extra" sheave or pass-through that ends up being unused depending on the way that you thread the outhaul. This is particularly true on booms that have the capability to use an adjustable outhaul. Once I've cleated off the outhaul line, I wrap the excess around the tail end or boom arm, leaving about 6-8" of outhaul tail. I pass the remaining outhaul tail through one of the open sheaves and tie it off with a figure 8 knot. Very clean and never comes accidentally undone.
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