In the process of thinking through my current OCD project, running the reefing lines to the cockpit I had an idea. The line that will pull down/secure the tack, I have generally seem this run through a fairlead on the mast, at a particular angle to allow the tack to tension correctly, and then to block at the mast collar, etc.
On my gooseneck there is a double reefing tack hook "thingy" that also secures the primary tack, secured by the main boom pivot bolt. My idea is to simply procure a second piece and modify it. The modification would entail cutting off the tack hooks and welding on heavy stainless rings, @1"id, oriented "flat" ie. parallel to the boom. The tack reefing lines would pass from the mast collar blocks through these rings, on each side of the gooseneck, and on up to the tack points.
The result would be that the tack point would pull down to and stop at these rings, maintaining the same tack location as the original hooks. They would swing with the boom and I think generally be "cooler"!
What do you think? Clear as mud? I think it would work very well. RT
On my gooseneck there is a double reefing tack hook "thingy" that also secures the primary tack, secured by the main boom pivot bolt. My idea is to simply procure a second piece and modify it. The modification would entail cutting off the tack hooks and welding on heavy stainless rings, @1"id, oriented "flat" ie. parallel to the boom. The tack reefing lines would pass from the mast collar blocks through these rings, on each side of the gooseneck, and on up to the tack points.
The result would be that the tack point would pull down to and stop at these rings, maintaining the same tack location as the original hooks. They would swing with the boom and I think generally be "cooler"!
What do you think? Clear as mud? I think it would work very well. RT
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