On May 18, 2016, at 3:19 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
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.
Mine is even more minimal. The masthead end goes to the same pin as the backstay, and the other end I hitch to the loop on the boom end that holds the outhaul block. No extra hardware, just a piece of 3/16 line.