Halyard Bags

[Lundylad]

I am having some Dodgers made up and was thinking of buying some of the same material and making some Halyard bags.

How usefull are they? any thoughts good or bad would be appreciated.

 

[davidej]

if your boat is like mine, then they are essential to stop the cockpit beeing knee-deep in halliard cordage.

or you can get some neat gadgets to hang them up in coils

 

[winsbury]

Personally I think they are essential to reduce trip hazard and rolling ropes underfoot and make it look tidy too. I would prefer to have compartments for each rope to prevent tangling when more than one rope is using the same bag.

 

[Stemar]

Very, IMO. They keep the knitting out from underfoot, which has to be a good thing. The downside is that it's a lot easier for the lines to get tangled in a bag than if they're flaked down tidily (and they stay that way...)

Personally, I wouldn't be without 'em. Just be sure to get the lines out and make sure they'll run free before releasing,

 

[onesea]

I must be a sasanack, I just drop the halyards down the companionway. keeps the mess out of the cockpit

Do have halyard bags down there but rarely use them...

 

[Blueboatman]

Yup
I made two 'double deep' cockpit ones and a sort of velcro'd vertical saussage/sleevethat sits over a mast cleat and takes care of the jib halyard

get the cokpit ones right and you have potential back/head rests too

 

[sarabande]

just make sure they have drainage holes or grommets at the bottom, otherwise you can keep fish in them.

 

[winsbury]

just make sure they have drainage holes or grommets at the bottom, otherwise you can keep fish in them.

Mine have a tough close weave netting in the bottom so drain very freely.

 

[Fantasie 19]

I must be a sasanack, I just drop the halyards down the companionway. keeps the mess out of the cockpit

Phew - was beginning to think I was the only one who did the same.....

Rope tidies once tied up though....

 

[prv]

Phew - was beginning to think I was the only one who did the same.....

We always used to just drop them down the hatch. Don't any more though. Not sure why I changed.

On Kindred Spirit we had three-pocket halyard bags, but I hung the halyards in coils from the winches and put things like sail ties, handy spare cordage, winch handles, bottles of water and packets of biscuits in the bags

Pete

 

[richardbrennan]

My originals had grommets and suffered badly from mildew; definitely go for the netting at the bottom.

 

[PhillM]

I found the halyards fell into the lockers when we opened them so we added halyard bags. I also keep the HH GPS and a laminated copy of the passage plan + pilotage info in one for easy access.

Storing biscuits + using them as backrest = soggy crums.

 

[Lundylad]

Thanks for the replies, was wondering what to do about drainage and netting is the way to go I think.