Hi John, I prefer #3, which is how Serenity was rigged when I got her... The only change I made was to move the cleat on the boom forward to about 2/3 of the way towards the mast. Even with the out-haul and the reefing lines I felt there was enough room to do a tidy job.... Keith *Keith R. Martin, P.Eng.* *Burnaby, B.C. CanadaSerenity,** M17 Hull #353* On 18 May 2016 at 15:19, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm going to put a topping lift on Pajarita. I have various examples to go by I've seen on other boats, and, if anyone here has added a topping lift, my basic question is what's your experience of the simplest easiest to use approach.
The first two are just a matter of which hardware up top - in both cases it's the standard line up the mast and then down to end of boom:
1) cheek block on side of mast at top, or... 2) eye strap with hanging block on side of mast at top
Or, a different approach:
3) line fast at top of mast and adjust with cleat on boom.
Of 1 and 2, I imagine the cheek block is quieter and simpler but maybe there's advantages to the swivel/swing available with the block hung from eye strap?
Then, 3 seems overall simpler and can be put on/off and adjusted while in the cockpit. But also it adds another line and cleat on the boom, and I don't want to add too much complication there because of existing reefing & outhaul lines & cleats.
cheers, John S.
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