Eye strap on front of mast

[John L. Reizian]

I noticed that my CD25 has an eye strap on the forward face of the mast at the same height as the spreaders. There's nothing attached to it. There are a couple of other CDs at the marina where "Star" is kept, also with such an "unoccupied" piece of hardware. However, there is one CD25 that has a rather small block on a swivel attached to the eye strap with a halyard/line running down along the mast. This particular vessel has another halyard for raising a pennant or such. I haven't had the opportunity yet to speak to the owner to determine its true purpose. It's too light a fitting to support a baby-stay, so I suspect the halyard setup is correct, but for raising what? Can anybody shed light on this mystery for me? Thanks in advance.

Best regards. John



jlreizian@snet.net

[John M]

Could the eye strap be used for a spinnaker pole topping lift?

I noticed that my CD25 has an eye strap on the forward face of the mast at the same height as the spreaders. There's nothing attached to it. There are a couple of other CDs at the marina where "Star" is kept, also with such an "unoccupied" piece of hardware. However, there is one CD25 that has a rather small block on a swivel attached to the eye strap with a halyard/line running down along the mast. This particular vessel has another halyard for raising a pennant or such. I haven't had the opportunity yet to speak to the owner to determine its true purpose. It's too light a fitting to support a baby-stay, so I suspect the halyard setup is correct, but for raising what? Can anybody shed light on this mystery for me? Thanks in advance.

Best regards. John

johnmartin55@hotmail.com

[Catherine Monaghan]

John,

Did your CD25 ever have a club boom for the jib or was it an option for that model? If so, she would have needed a club topping lift.

We have a cutter rigged CD32 and the inner staysail is clubfooted. The hardware for the staysail's topping lift is located where you described the eyestrap or padeye location on your boat.


catherine_monaghan@merck.com
CD32 <a href="http://www.hometown.aol.com/bcomet/real ... ization</a>, #3
Rahway, NJ
Raritan Bay

I noticed that my CD25 has an eye strap on the forward face of the mast at the same height as the spreaders. There's nothing attached to it. There are a couple of other CDs at the marina where "Star" is kept, also with such an "unoccupied" piece of hardware. However, there is one CD25 that has a rather small block on a swivel attached to the eye strap with a halyard/line running down along the mast. This particular vessel has another halyard for raising a pennant or such. I haven't had the opportunity yet to speak to the owner to determine its true purpose. It's too light a fitting to support a baby-stay, so I suspect the halyard setup is correct, but for raising what? Can anybody shed light on this mystery for me? Thanks in advance.

Best regards. John

catherine_monaghan@merck.com

[John L. Reizian]

I noticed that my CD25 has an eye strap on the forward face of the mast at the same height as the spreaders. There's nothing attached to it. There are a couple of other CDs at the marina where "Star" is kept, also with such an "unoccupied" piece of hardware. However, there is one CD25 that has a rather small block on a swivel attached to the eye strap with a halyard/line running down along the mast. This particular vessel has another halyard for raising a pennant or such. I haven't had the opportunity yet to speak to the owner to determine its true purpose. It's too light a fitting to support a baby-stay, so I suspect the halyard setup is correct, but for raising what? Can anybody shed light on this mystery for me? Thanks in advance.

Best regards. John

Thanks to Catherine and "John M" for the suggestions. Don't know if she was ever rigged with a club footed jib or if she ever flew a spinnaker . . . the latter is particularly possible since I know she was raced and there's a track on the forward face of the mast (presumably for the spinnaker/whisher pole). Again, thank you both for responding to my query. Best regards. John



jlreizian@snet.net

[Bruce Bett]

On Sostenuto the eye you refer to is used for the topping lift for the spinnaker pole.

Bruce Bett
Sostenuto
CD25 #496

I noticed that my CD25 has an eye strap on the forward face of the mast at the same height as the spreaders. There's nothing attached to it. There are a couple of other CDs at the marina where "Star" is kept, also with such an "unoccupied" piece of hardware. However, there is one CD25 that has a rather small block on a swivel attached to the eye strap with a halyard/line running down along the mast. This particular vessel has another halyard for raising a pennant or such. I haven't had the opportunity yet to speak to the owner to determine its true purpose. It's too light a fitting to support a baby-stay, so I suspect the halyard setup is correct, but for raising what? Can anybody shed light on this mystery for me? Thanks in advance.

Best regards. John

bettb@macomb.cc.mi.us