OK, Now For a Really Stupid Question...

[Chiara’s slave]

If it’s got moving internal blocks, you might need to take one end off. Selden, for instance. Mine, and many others don't have that, and are simple to re reeve.

 

[sailaboutvic]

@flipper real mate I'm not going to teach a duck to swim and we all have to learn some where , but I'm a bit concern reading your thread , maybe find other boat owners you may give you some pointers before you embark in anything major.
Please don't take offense.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

If it’s got moving internal blocks, you might need to take one end off. Selden, for instance. Mine, and many others don't have that, and are simple to re reeve.

Exactly, you would need to take the end off and even then it's no so straight forward.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Exactly, you would need to take the end off and even then it's no so straight forward.

I have in the past re-reeved the reefing lines in a number of Z-Spars booms on Glenans 5.70s and, yes the ends had to be taken off. I seem to remember that it was only moderately fiddly and difficult.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I have in the past re-reeved the reefing lines in a number of Z-Spars booms on Glenans 5.70s and, yes the ends had to be taken off. I seem to remember that it was only moderately fiddly and difficult.

I don't think Glenn's 5.70s have single line reefing If they did I would be very surprised, very surprised indeed. A 5.70 and it's boom are very different beasts to Westerly Storms.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

I don't think Glenn's 5.70s have single line reefing If they did I would be very surprised, very surprised indeed. A 5.70 and it's boom are very different beasts to Westerly Storms.

Reefing at the mast, but the lines are inside the boom.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Reefing at the mast, but the lines are inside the boom.

Simple or single line? There's quite a difference and it would be pointless on a 5.70.

 

[dankilb]

Getting lines back through an un-moused boom is ok, in my experience. Compared to a mast (=nightmare) it just requires a bit of fiddling and ingenuity. Ours is sitting on the deck waiting for the mast to be restepped and we’re ‘quietly confident’…!

 

[sailaboutvic]

Getting lines back through an un-moused boom is ok, in my experience. Compared to a mast (=nightmare) it just requires a bit of fiddling and ingenuity. Ours is sitting on the deck waiting for the mast to be restepped and we’re ‘quietly confident’…!

No disrespect, but it may be fine for you but if you read the posting the OP been putting out , I think he may have some difficulty doing it .

 

[dankilb]

Fair enough, but boat ownership is a steep learning curve (each time?!) and that’s part of why we enjoy it and why we offer advice to others on here. Mine to the OP was more along the lines of - ‘the boom’s off (well done!), which is what you wanted, so don’t worry about the lines etc. (with some random tools and at worse a small weight on a fishing line and a very jaunty angle on the boom - you’ll get them back down any cross-sections, sheaves, etc. eventually). And happy boating - once it comes!

 

[ashtead]

We don’t quite know if the mast is off the boat but presumably if it is no doubt Flipper has worked out a way to get it back on so that might also address any small boom issues. I think we need so photos ideally of the re rigging process. I suspect returning the boom to its normal position might be more entertaining . Now it’s off a good chance to check the quality of all those pulleys etc and how well they run. In my experience in boom reefing can be hard to pull through when reefing but appreciate this might not be a selden boom .

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Fair enough, but boat ownership is a steep learning curve (each time?!) and that’s part of why we enjoy it and why we offer advice to others on here. Mine to the OP was more along the lines of - ‘the boom’s off (well done!), which is what you wanted, so don’t worry about the lines etc. (with some random tools and at worse a small weight on a fishing line and a very jaunty angle on the boom - you’ll get them back down any cross-sections, sheaves, etc. eventually). And happy boating - once it comes!

Without wishing to labour the point we don't know and I suspect that the OP doesn't know or isn't aware as to if the boom has single line reefing which is very different than conventional reefing. As such until he knows he would be wise not to go drain lines out of the boom as from his posts on this and other threads he would be in for a task that he would find more than challenging.
Whatever mousing lines are the way to go.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

We don’t quite know if the mast is off the boat but presumably if it is no doubt Flipper has worked out a way to get it back on so that might also address any small boom issues. I think we need so photos ideally of the re rigging process. I suspect returning the boom to its normal position might be more entertaining . Now it’s off a good chance to check the quality of all those pulleys etc and how well they run. In my experience in boom reefing can be hard to pull through when reefing but appreciate this might not be a selden boom .

The mast from reading the first post is off the boat and on the mast trolleys! As the boat is a Westerly Storm and the mast is more than a matchstick even a lollipop stick it will be a crane and a rigger that lifts it onto the boat and rigs it, something other than the cost that the OP need not worry about.
As you say replacing the boom will be a job but with the topping lift securing the aft end at a reasonable hight then one man can lift locate in the gooseneck and secure the boom with its pin and a split pin. Not so difficult.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Simple or single line? There's quite a difference and it would be pointless on a 5.70.

Simple reefing at the mast. The lines emerge through jammers at the front end of the boom and are tensioned on a mast-mounted winch.

 

[The Real Flipper]

I hope for your sake you haven't removed any internal reefing lines from the boom.

I followed the suggestions and left bom lines in ;-)

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I followed the suggestions and left bom lines in ;-)

Well done now you need to establish if they are single or simple reefing for when you come to put the boom on and mainsail and reeve the reefing lines. We will need to know for when you ask us. ? Glad you are coming to grips with it, years of fun and frustration to follow?

 

[ashtead]

If the mast is off and will eventually be replaced it might be simplest to fix the boom on at same time then the crane lifting can give flipper a helping hand surely so he does strain himself etc .

 

[Fr J Hackett]

If the mast is off and will eventually be replaced it might be simplest to fix the boom on at same time then the crane lifting can give flipper a helping hand surely so he does strain himself etc .

I have never known a mast and boom lifted together, the rigger would fit it for a price

 

[Shuggy]

I betting it's the mast , it's got to be one hell of a boom that you can't handle .

I can barely handle my boom (43 footer) so I think that’s a bit harsh. I can just lift it on my own but it’s pretty tricky. And I’m not that old yet!

 

[sailaboutvic]

I can barely handle my boom (43 footer) so I think that’s a bit harsh. I can just lift it on my own but it’s pretty tricky. And I’m not that old yet!

Well I could easily manage my boom on my moody 42 without any problem and by what you wrote I'm probably much older then you .