https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/12/22/2020-12-22-ifb60y2d4h7wc0bevehqukwsii7s6z/ Sail with Confidence! Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:20:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/12/22/2020-12-22-ifb60y2d4h7wc0bevehqukwsii7s6z/#comment-68 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:20:43 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=95#comment-68 love to see a close up of the block arrangement

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/12/22/2020-12-22-ifb60y2d4h7wc0bevehqukwsii7s6z/#comment-280 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:20:43 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=95#comment-280 love to see a close up of the block arrangement

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/12/22/2020-12-22-ifb60y2d4h7wc0bevehqukwsii7s6z/#comment-67 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:30:15 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=95#comment-67 Your description is right, there is a block attached to the mainsail headboard to give you a 2:1 advantage. It’s really noticeable on the picture of the boat with the pink chute and reef in the main. The block is closer to the leading edge of the sail. Look for the white reinforcing tapes, the block is attached there and the fixed part of the halyard is pretty much vertical from there.

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/12/22/2020-12-22-ifb60y2d4h7wc0bevehqukwsii7s6z/#comment-279 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:30:15 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=95#comment-279 Your description is right, there is a block attached to the mainsail headboard to give you a 2:1 advantage. It’s really noticeable on the picture of the boat with the pink chute and reef in the main. The block is closer to the leading edge of the sail. Look for the white reinforcing tapes, the block is attached there and the fixed part of the halyard is pretty much vertical from there.

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/12/22/2020-12-22-ifb60y2d4h7wc0bevehqukwsii7s6z/#comment-66 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:43:10 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=95#comment-66 Can I assume that by referring to a 2:1 halyard you mean some sort of tackle aloft to increase the mechanical advantage? I can picture a halyard led to the usual sheave at the aft end of the head of the mast, then to a sheave (or block) at the aft end of the headboard, then back to a block at the head of the mast, then to the usual position at the luff (forward) end of the headboard. Is this correct? I often feel that some of the terminology used might be understood by sailmakers and riggers on the cutting edge but over the heads of older boatowners like me

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2020/12/22/2020-12-22-ifb60y2d4h7wc0bevehqukwsii7s6z/#comment-278 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:43:10 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=95#comment-278 Can I assume that by referring to a 2:1 halyard you mean some sort of tackle aloft to increase the mechanical advantage? I can picture a halyard led to the usual sheave at the aft end of the head of the mast, then to a sheave (or block) at the aft end of the headboard, then back to a block at the head of the mast, then to the usual position at the luff (forward) end of the headboard. Is this correct? I often feel that some of the terminology used might be understood by sailmakers and riggers on the cutting edge but over the heads of older boatowners like me

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