Al Stead Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Hello Dan, I'm afraid that I have already started taking down the rigging in preparation for her hibernation. However, I may be able to describe what I do. The tail end of my line exits the deadeye on the top. I left about a foot and a half of tail just so that I could get creative with tying it off. Basicly when I stand up the rigging, after securing the forestay, I haul down on the tail of one of the front deadeyes and wrap it around the six lines below the deadeye until I have about six to eight inches of tail left. I do sort of an overhand knot and pull backward on it so that it forms a tight loop. I do the same on the other front deadeye and then finish off the back ones. I know that this isn't a for sure secure knot, but so far I have not experienced any loosening even in some explosively hard gusts that we seem to get around here lately. When I take down the rig, pulling out the knots takes some doing, so with the redundancy of four shrouds, I feel pretty safe. I should say that I don't horse down on anything, and I don't wrap the line so tight that it completely pulls the six lines tight together. That may be one reason why I haven't had any trouble so far. The deadeye has some elasticity so the knot doesn't take too hard a tug. I got this idea from a picture I saw of a Swedish boat in an old Wooden Boat mag. It doesn't have the traditional look that I've seen on tall ships, but it works pretty well and quickly. I don't know if others do this, but I always loosen my deadeyes when I take down the mast after sailing. I figure that if I didn't, it would be a bugger to stand up the mast next time. Anyway, really nice boat. Sail the daylights out of her. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gross Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Thanks Al, That sounds like a good way to do the lanyards, if I have any problems with mine I'll try your method. Currently mine are rigged more or less traditional and the loose end seized to the standing ones. I only have one seizing on now until they stretch some more then I'll put on a few more. I leave mine set and haven't had an issue with stepping the mast, I do it that way on my 22 footer too, one less thing to mess with at the ramp. dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gross Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 We finally got out on the water today, this was the second attempt at sailing Dark Wind. The first time I had steering issues, the control line was over wrapping itself causing it to only turn one way correctly. So I rewired it . I moved the hole through the steering shaft aft an inch and a half letting the line lead better, It worked great no overrides. We also put a battery in the companion way box for a trolling motor, turned out well but the main sheet got caught on the motor head a time or two. I'll have to find a work around that. Winds today were 15-18mph with gusts to 28mph, but dangit we were going sailing! So here are some on the fly shots, That last picture say's it all! All in all a good day, 15min set up, a two hour or so sail, 15min take down and an hour and a half talking about D.W. to everyone who stopped by too admire it, one guy even knew what it was. Fair winds Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 super nice looking boat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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