storm jib attachment

[homer]

Our boat came with a storm jib - unused. Actually, it cannot be used as it is fitted with luff hanks and there is a roller reefing. I guess that some kind of luff sleeve is in order - just wondering if anyone has experience of these - particularly under the conditions when you would use a storm jib. Can one be used over a rolled jib? Is it likely to stick? Or are there any (better) alternatives?

 

[Salty John]

This is a popular subject on the forum so a search might reap rewards.
A really good arrangement is a detachable inner forestay on which to fly the storm jib. This runs a short distance behind the roller foil, starts less than a foot or so from the masthead so that running backstays are not required, and is tensioned with a highfield lever or similar. When not in use the forestay is secured back at the mast base or at the toerail.

 

[FullCircle]

Something like this.... gives you an idea anyway.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/jimdew/Storm%20Jib/StormJibsetup11.jpg

 

[MoodySabre]

I've got a similar problem with the storm jib that came with my boat.

Jim - I can't quite see from your photos - is that a wire inner forestay with a rope tensioner or all rope? Is it attached to the same point as the roller forestay?

Could be the answer. The previous owner said he used to fly it without a luff wire and with foot attached to a bridle between two cleats. I couldn't imagine that working very well in the winds for which you would need to set a storm jib.

The alternative is to buy a proper storm jib designed to wrap round a furler.

 

[homer]

Thanks for that. Actually, I did a search before posting and found a picture of a "hank on" luff sleeve. No reports on how well it worked though. But now you have me thinking - could a free dynema halyard be shackled to the the stem, tensioned up on the winch and act as an inner stay?

 

[sailinglegend420]

We fitted a wire inner forestay with a 1 metre Dynema end. When it is not in use the Dynema is wrapped around a sheave mounted on the bottom of the mast and then tensioned to a fitting mounted a metre further up. The wire is held away from the mast by a Seldon fitting, like a hook, that is fixed on the leading edge of the spreader about 18 inches from the mast. We decided on this setup to avoid a wire out to a deck fitting that would always be getting in the way.

 

[rwoofer]

That's a great idea, which I've never thought of.

By the way, are you on E pontoon in Haslar?