Howard, I weave the downhaul up through the spaces between the hanks rather then try to thread it through them. Maybe a 3/8s or quarter inch line. Works fine. t Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle M17 #496 -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+tsmith=nextit.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+tsmith=nextit.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Howard Audsley Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:53 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Poor man's roller furling... What size and type of line are you guys using for your downhauls? It doesn't take much strength to pull the sail down, but the one I used, which can be threaded up the hanks with the forestay, is too light. It is a light, flexible line of maybe 1/8". It fouls too easily. Maybe a Stayset in 3/16"? Howard On Jun 28, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Tom Smith wrote:
Speaking quickly before Randy gets a chance to give the correct answer, I think it's a loop only in the sense that it's a single line.
The downhaul end of the halyard connects to the second or so sail hank, and the shackle attaches to the head of the sail. My experience
is I have to connect the downhaul at least two sailhanks down from the
head of the sail to prevent fouling when pulling the sail down... t
Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle M17 #496
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+tsmith=nextit.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats- bounces+tsmith=nextit.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rick Langer Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:36 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Poor man's roller furling...
Hey Randy,
I think that's a great idea. How do you attach the halyard shackle to
the loop?
Thanks,
Rick M15 #337 Bluebird
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:35:51 -0700 From: "RandyG" <RandyG@cite.nic.edu> Subject: RE: M_Boats: Poor man's roller furling... does it work? To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <8331CA150C5B404A9215D167DA103A4E013AE6@exch1.cite.nic.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Brian,
Our 1988 M15 and M17 both came rigged with Jib halyards and downhauls
lead back to the cockpit. On both boats I replaced the individual jib
halyard and downhaul lines with a single line, in effect making a big
loop of both lines . As you raise or lower the jib the single line feeds in-and-out of the cockpit, leaving nothing to coil or stow.
Randy M17 #410
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