Mast - how many items do you have hanging off?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:41 am
Hi all,
Just organising the placement of cleats and jammers on my deck and wondered how many items people have hanging off their mast.
Looking over my mast I've got:
Fractional rig Jib halyard (exits mast base to starboard ) running outside the mast from a simple horn cleat up to the block & swivel and back down to raise the Jib
Mast head spinnaker halyard (exits mast base to starboard ) exiting near the bottom of the mast and running inside the mast to a sheave at the very top
Adjustable Topping lift exiting near the bottom (exits mast base to port ) of the mast and running inside the mast to a sheave at the very top
I've also got 4 shrouds & a diamond stay
2x lower mounted just under the spreaders
2x upper shrouds mounted at the jib halyard block (about 7/8th up the mast)
Diamond stay totally independent of the shrouds
Back stay (as mentioned in previous post with weird insulator setup along its length)
Mast head light
Boom of course - the original roller boom but have researched some interesting boom brakes whilst still utilising the roller boom.
I'm about to add:
Mast head VHF antenna (working out best way to terminate at the deck)
Mast head wind direction/speed transducer (working out best way to terminate at the deck)
Masthead LED light (new)
Essentially, I'm interested in what others use on their mast and I'm also thinking of adding a second forestay and a spinnaker/whisker pole topping lift although the spinnaker pole is not essential at the stage.
Any thoughts and/and or comments on your own mast set up?
Just organising the placement of cleats and jammers on my deck and wondered how many items people have hanging off their mast.
Looking over my mast I've got:
Fractional rig Jib halyard (exits mast base to starboard ) running outside the mast from a simple horn cleat up to the block & swivel and back down to raise the Jib
Mast head spinnaker halyard (exits mast base to starboard ) exiting near the bottom of the mast and running inside the mast to a sheave at the very top
Adjustable Topping lift exiting near the bottom (exits mast base to port ) of the mast and running inside the mast to a sheave at the very top
I've also got 4 shrouds & a diamond stay
2x lower mounted just under the spreaders
2x upper shrouds mounted at the jib halyard block (about 7/8th up the mast)
Diamond stay totally independent of the shrouds
Back stay (as mentioned in previous post with weird insulator setup along its length)
Mast head light
Boom of course - the original roller boom but have researched some interesting boom brakes whilst still utilising the roller boom.
I'm about to add:
Mast head VHF antenna (working out best way to terminate at the deck)
Mast head wind direction/speed transducer (working out best way to terminate at the deck)
Masthead LED light (new)
Essentially, I'm interested in what others use on their mast and I'm also thinking of adding a second forestay and a spinnaker/whisker pole topping lift although the spinnaker pole is not essential at the stage.
Any thoughts and/and or comments on your own mast set up?