Has anyone replaced their outhaul when the original one has a block running in the boom?

The set up appears to be that the rope comes in the goose neck end of the boom then up the boom round a 'floating' block and back to the goose neck end of the boom where it is anchored. The rope from the 'fixed' end of the block then comes out of the boom at the aft end and fixes to the sail.

The issue is that the rope is tied to an anchor point at the goose neck end of the boom. The options appear to be

1 - Drill out the rivets the hold the goose neck in and replace the rope. Not a preferred option

2 - Drill out the rivets that hold the anchor point and do away with the block

Has anyone had a similar set up on their Outhaul and how did you replace the rope?

Many thanks for any help

Andy

Jago

Parker 235/04

My outhaul isn't rigged like that. It sounds like you have a different boom! Mine has no running block inside it. The outhaul simply passes in at the forward end of the boom and out at the aft end. It passes round a separate block attached to the clew of the sail and is made fast at the end of the boom, giving it a 2:1 advantage.

Since mine is older than yours, are all the later booms different?

Anthony Russell

235/02 Sea Wyche

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Originally posted by ARRussell

Hello Andy,

My outhaul isn't rigged like that. It sounds like you have a different boom! Mine has no running block inside it. The outhaul simply passes in at the forward end of the boom and out at the aft end. It passes round a separate block attached to the clew of the sail and is made fast at the end of the boom, giving it a 2:1 advantage.

Since mine is older than yours, are all the later booms different?

Anthony Russell

235/02 Sea Wyche

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Same here.

Gary/Ruth/& Skipper the Working Cocker Spaniel

Crew of Juicy Blue P235

Thanks for the feedback.

Sounds like mine is different. I think the way forward is to drill out the rivets that secure the eye for the rope inside the boom at the gooseneck and move the block to the clew of the main. This will keep the 2:1 ratio and makes alot more sense.

regards

Andy

Jago

Parker 235/04

Regards

Dick

Dark Star P275 No 36

I am coming to this about 12 years after the original post. The arrangement in Teal, my 285, is the same as originally described by Andy. I had hoped to renew the rope that tensions the sheave inside the boom, but of course one end of the present line is fixed inside the boom and inaccessible. Can you tell me how the line is fixed inside the boom. Do you think there is any alternative to drilling out the rivets and removing the goose neck assembly? I don't seem to have any wire internally in the boom.

Many thanks

Bob

I can't help with your dismantling of the boom, but for the future: on rascal, my 26 I have a single part outhaul taken back to a clutch/jammer on the cabin top, so the winch can be used to tension. Later replacement will be simple.

Philip

Superseal 26

rascal

I recently converted to single line reefing on reefs 2 & 3. I also have a flattening reef, which I use the floating block on. The outhaul as such is just pretensioned, If I need the sail a bit flatter I tension the flattening reef a bit.

The first reef runs externally round a cheek block rivetted to the boom, So far as re-reeving the lines goes for the single line reefing (I have a Z spars boom, the line needs to come out of the top of the boom rather than the bottom for a flattening reef), I found I could make a hook out of seizing wire, and after a bit of fiddling get it to feed down round the bottom pulley and come out of the top. For pulling a new rope through I again used seizing wire to join the new rope to the old.

Probably none of this helps your case, but I thought it might be of interest.

Jim Hamilton