Lazy Jacks E38

[mkollerjr]

Good afternoon!

I want to install some lazy jacks on my e38. Looking for drawings, sketches, and any other info in how it was done on anyone else's e38.

mark

 

[Loren Beach]

Main Up, Main Down

Some good prior threads....
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?6820-To-Lazy-Jacks-or-Not-To-Lazy-Jacks

http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?7836-Internal-Lazy-Jack-system

And a related thread:
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?9298-Dropping-the-Main-Pointers-Needed

Also, we are Very Happy with the UK Lazy Cradle we had installed last summer. (We visited the new UK loft @ Sidney after the EY Rendezvous.)
Picture is from the trip home, after heading back up the Columbia River - very hot afternoon coming up and we needed every bit of shade that umbrella could provide.

Cheers,
Loren

 

[mkollerjr]

Thanks for the links Loren!

I see a lot of describing a particular lazy-jack set-up, and some discussions on whether or not to get lazy jacks, and patent law, etc... However, I'm looking for sketches, drawings, photos, etc...

I've included a sketch of where I am at below, based on web searches of other people's installations. I'm not sure on what the general dimensions should be, such as how high the mast cheek block goes, where the lines attached to the boom (and how), etc...

View attachment E38 Rig.pdf

I'm open to comments, and will update and post the sketch as the lay-out progresses,


Mark

 

[footrope]

I have a simpler, stowable setup on my 38 but it is not described on the site anywhere. Mine do not work with partially battened mainsails. They do stow neatly, and deploy easily though. When I get a chance I'll describe them. I have to dig up some photos.

 

[Gary Peterson]

We have a set of "Easy Jacks" that attach to an elastic strap at the goose neck when not in use. During the time the main is up the "Easy Jacks" are stowed out of the way.

 

[Randy Rutledge]

It is important to have the lazy jack stow parallel to the boom when the main is up and after the straps are on. I have a halyard on the front of the mast and hoist the LJ lines to the spreader height and that works well on the single spreader E29. I also made a caterpillar to not have to have a few straps to handle.

 

[Rick R.]

Mark, our are rigged so that they can be stowed forward on the boom at the mast when not in use. I have to admit that we have never had to stow them. As long as we are dead into the wind when raising the main, we don't catch the battens.

 

[Guy Stevens]

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Guy