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Topic: Cunningham/Downhaul rigging |
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MattTrinder |
Posted: 15-Nov-11 22:54 |
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Hi All
On the W&W rigging video, an alternate method of rigging the cunningham is mentioned, with a block coming up from the cleat, and 2 ropes passing through the eye of the sail? Unfortunatly it is never mentioned again, and I don't have enough to go on from that description!
Does anyone have any more details about this system, or better yet a diagram or photo...?
Thanks
Matt
(new 576 owner...!)
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MolecatcherJohn |
Posted: 16-Nov-11 10:45 |
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Hi Matt,
I think I know what you mean.
We found that running ropes through the eyes didn't work smoothly and was inconvenient as I kept having to tie a stop-knot at the end of the rope, then undo it again at the end of the sailing session (cold hands and all that stuff).
We now have a system with two forged hooks and two pulleys...which I'll try to describe without the aid of a photograph...
The bottom pulley is linked to the cleat, simply through a short length of rope which goes through the two holes underneath the cleat. That pulley wants to sit somewhere between the cleat and the boom.
The top pulley is similarly on a short length of rope which will attach to the top Cunningham eye with one of the forged hooks, so effectively taking the place of the rope going through the eye.
The Cunningham downhaul then runs from the cleat, up to the top pulley, down to the bottom pulley and out, and ends in the other forged hook. Then to attach and use it, you just hook the top pulley to the top Cunningham eye and the second hook to the bottom slider on the mainsail, and it's ready to go. There's some fiddling needed to get the rope lengths right, so it doesn't bump into the boom, or you don't run out of adjustment, but it works quite nicely for us.
I would send a picture but I just retrieved it from the boat park for the winter last weekend, and it's unrigged at the moment.
Cheers
John & Lucy
Buzz 797 |
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MattTrinder |
Posted: 16-Nov-11 13:07 |
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Thanks guys - I think I get what you mean. I'll have to go and have a play with my box of ropes and blocks - at the moment I've just got a single string so only 2:1 running through the eye, it's tricky to get any real pull on it.
I'll stick an update on here when I get something rigged up.
Matt
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