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No sailing this past weekend with pretty wet and dreary weather. I spent Saturday fitting horizontal fenders along our marina berth. The main trigger for fitting them was to protect the boat in high winds when Pittwater gets very choppy. Conventional fenders hanging from the boat seem to "pop out" onto the marina under those conditions. And of course it means that we can come into our berth without hanging the fenders. One skill which I've acquired since we took delivery of Te Moana last year is splicing ropes. I enjoyed doing all sixteen splices for the four fenders. A really satisfying craft. Now I'll have to find some other project which requires splicing |
November 2003 Archives
Fenders
Spinlock problem
After a month in the USA, they're letting me back into Australia, just in time for a relaxing weekend with the cruising division. First to Maitland Bay and then overnight at Hungry Beach. I'm looking forward to it.
Last time we had a sail though, there was a problem with the rope clutch on the main halyard, the halyard creeps back. This means I can't tension the luff of the main properly - painful. I'm not sure of the reason, but it sounds like I need to pull the Spinlock assembly apart to have a look.
Anyone experience this before?
[update 15 May 2004] Fixed! I had Mario Ruel have a look at it. The rope had a flat spot where it always gets clamped off. He thickened the rope around the area with an insert. It works beautifully now.
Comments
Marius,
We have the exact same problem with out main halyard.
What I have taken to doing is making sure the mainsheet is fully released (so as to minimize pressure) and tightening the main halyard such that the head of the sail is slightly higher than the fully raised position.
That way, when the spinlock slips a little before setting, the main is properly tensioned after it slips a little.
I suspect that it is not the spinlock, but the same area of the halyard being pinched all the time had caused the halyard itself to be part of the problem, perhaps.
At any rate, if you come up with a fix, please advise.
Thanks,
Buddy
Posted by: Buddy | November 16, 2003 12:37 AM
Buddy,
I put the main halyard through the No.2 reef clutch last weekend and it slipped much less. Your explanation is as good as I've heard, though! I'll have a look at the halyard closely where the clutch normally seizes it.
Posted by: marius | November 21, 2003 4:13 AM
same problem...
very useful info .
Chers Bob
Posted by: robert stone | January 23, 2004 7:22 PM