Contents of folder "Lines Aft".

 Posted December 23, 2001 

Harvey J. Karten 
There are three pictures in the folder at present: 
Mastbase bracket.jpg 
DeckOrganizer.jpg 
Foredeck_loRes.jpg 

Masthead bracket.jpg shows the angle iron 
bracket on the starboard side. Unfortunately, you can also see the splotchy 
consequences of using 304 Steel rather than the preferred 316. There are 8 holes 
in the bracket. Blocks are attached in those holes. The rightmost line is the 
green main halyard. The White line with blue flecks is the tack reefing line. It 
is tied down to the angle iron, then runs up to the cringle, and is then looped 
back to the block. The line then runs forward. The clew reefing line is not 
visible from this angle. The thinner dark blue line with white flecks is the 
topping lift. 

Re: the angle iron. We have a deck stepped mast, with a separate compression 
post in the cabin. The compression post is capped with a large steel plate on 
the inside of the cabin. There is a bracket that is bolted to the top of the 
deck, and forms a seat for the base of the mast. There are four large bolts 
holding the deck bracket to the interior steel plate. I removed the bolts on one 
side, put the angle iron bracket in place with 3M-4200, and replaced the 
original bolts with slightly longer ones to accommodate the slightly greater 
length needed to mount the angle iron. The original units were British 
Whitworth, and were also drilled in the thread to hold a cotter pin. I used 
double nuts on the longer bolts. I then did the same on the opposite side of the 
mast. The whole procedure takes only about 30 minutes. I then further snugged 
the bolts the next day to further compress the sealant/adhesive. I chose 4200 at 
that time as I was concerned if I might have to remove the bolts that 5200 would 
prove impossible to work with. Fabrication of the angle iron bracket requires 
accurate measurement of the spacing and diameter of the bolts.

I recently changed the turning block used for the main halyard to a heavy duty 
Garhauer Ocean 60 with ball bearings, in place of the unit shown in the picture. 
This resulted in much smoother and easier ability to raise the main from the 
cockpit. (Friction really is the enemy!) 



DeckOrganizer.jpg: photo of the deck organizer on the starboard side lateral to 
the butterfly hatch. You can only see four of the sheaves, but you can now see 
the four lines running aft along the starboard side: from right to left - 1) 
Blue with white flecks - topping lift; 2)Green with white flecks - Main halyard; 
3) White with blue flecks - tack reefing line #1; 4) White with red flecks - 
clew reefing line #1. The third photo, Foredeck_loRes.jpg shows an alternate 
view of the deck organizer. 

If you look carefully you will see that the deck organizer is actually a double 
stack of a 4 on the bottom and a 3 sheave organizer on top of it. The extra 
three sheaves are for planned lines for a downhaul, possibly the spinnaker 
halyard, and the lazy jacks.