Reverse lazyjack

[LadyInBed]

Rather than going down the full lazyjack route I am toying with the idea of attaching a cord to the topping lift just above the first baton down to the centre of the boom.
I have full length batons in the main and mizzen and don't find it particularly arduous collecting in the sails, but wondered if this would make life easier.

What does the team think?

 

[fireball]

I think they'll catch the end of the batons ....

Is it that difficult in attaching a line to the base of the spreader? It's not much more line ...

 

[prv]

It's standard practice on gaffers, but then we don't (usually) have battens and the sail projects aft of the topping lifts anyway.

Why not just go ahead and try it - all you need is a bit of spare cordage, which you can fasten initially with knots to see how well it works, and convert to neater splices if you decide to keep it.

Pete

 

[LadyInBed]

Why not just go ahead and try it -

Yes, that's what I'm going to do, but just checking to see if there was a potential problem I hadn't thought of.

 

[sailorsteve]

Topper as spare halyard

Depending on how you attach any "lazy" lines, you may make it a difficult to use the topper as a spare halyard or safety line for mast climbing.
Rolling hitches could give you access to all options.

best,
Steve

 

[snooks]

"First" from the top or bottom?

If you're calling the "first" batten the batten at the bottom, (next to the first reef) I think that most of the sail will just flop out over your line as the sail comes down.

If you're calling the top batten the "first" one it might work, but it will be a lot of string.

If you were to thread the line through the sail from the topping lift down to the boom, it would be called the Dutchman system