Hi all.
Hadda question for the hive mind about which thread category is most suitable for a query about
rigging an asymmetrical
spinnaker on a 53' Skookum cutter-rigged
ketch. Was thinking "Deck
Hardware:
Rigging,
Sails & Hoisting" but could also see a case for "Construction,
Maintenance & Refit".
Prefatory, should say: crux of the biscuit is placement of new asym
halyard block and mounting
hardware. No
bowsprit, headsail on
furler acts as forestay, connected directly at highest point on
mast cap on high end and maximally fwd at
anchor pulpit on low end, i.e. no room to add another block *above* forestay.
Mast is deck-stepped 58' a boxed Dougfir. Aware of mast "cranes" but prefer not to go that
route (for variety of reasons).
Tho I realize it's "wrong" (it's a
commercial fishboat, so must confess there's a lotta jack-leg solutioning already baked into the cake), was thinking of positioning the asym
halyard block *below* headsailfurler/forestay but well *above* staysail mastmount, so when dousing onna jibe, close the bag on asym, walk the tamed tyrant thru "foretriangle" (not sure am using proper parlance, but i.e.
route asym *between* forestay/headsaifurler and stayssailfurler) and open er up when ready on opposite side. That
work?
Such, fwiw, is my thinking, subject to (potentially!) animated correction. Any insights/advice on proper thread selex would be much appreciated. Tx.