Typhoon halyards & jib sheets

[K. McMakin]

I think I have read most everything posted about the Typhoon halyards and jib sheets. There are those of us who use the fairleads and cleats on top of the cabin for tying off the halyards and there are some who tie them off on cleats mounted on the mast. So here is my question: Is there another school of thought on this matter? The halyards exit from the base of the mast about 4 inches off the cabin roof. It is a sharp angle to the fairleads. Has anyone tried using and organizer mounted on a block directly aft the mast step to turn the halyards outward to cheek blocks and then aft to some form of cleat that would allow you to stay in the cockpit when raising the sails. It just seems that the "stock" way of doing things isn't quite right. Thoughts?



kmcmakin@earthlink.net

[Dan More]

It seems that an organizer mounted aft of the mast would impact the travel distance of the sliding hatch, and I already have a vang pad eye mounted there. So, I rely on the cabin-mounted cleats for halyards, awkard angle and all. The mast cleats (in my opinion) are useless except for perhaps a topping lift, spinnaker halyard, or something less frequently used. Hey - you asked for thoughts!



ride9618@ride.ri.net

[Mike Holmes]

Mr. McMakin,

My Typhoon Weekender #1484 is equipped as follows: horn cleats on port
and starboard sides of mast used for spinnaker halyard and main boom
downhaul; horn cleats port and starboard on teak pads on cabin top
used for headsail and mainsail halyards and; (further outboard)
fair leads on short tracks with clam cleats port and starboard on
cabin top used for 110% jib sheets. The halyards lead directly to
the horn cleats from their exit blocks at the base of the mast.
hope this helps.

Mike Holmes
SV Therapy
Melbourne, Florida



popeye@mindspring.com

[sloopjohnl]

same here.

Mr. McMakin,

My Typhoon Weekender #1484 is equipped as follows: horn cleats on port
and starboard sides of mast used for spinnaker halyard and main boom
downhaul; horn cleats port and starboard on teak pads on cabin top
used for headsail and mainsail halyards and; (further outboard)
fair leads on short tracks with clam cleats port and starboard on
cabin top used for 110% jib sheets. The halyards lead directly to
the horn cleats from their exit blocks at the base of the mast.
hope this helps.

Mike Holmes
SV Therapy
Melbourne, Florida

[jtjc53]

I don't know if anyone is still checking this particular discussion, but I am a relatively new Typhoon Weekender owner, and I have been perplexed by my boat's halyard/cleat arrangement. We've been using the small horn cleats on P and S sides of the mast for the jib (P) and main (S) halyards, but this has required someone standing forward of the mast to raise both sails and cleat off their halyards. For anyone using the horn cleats sitting on teak blocks on the aft portions (P and S) of the cabin top, are you leading these halyards over the hand rails that run fore and aft on each side of the sliding hatch? We use the fairleads on the short tracks for the sheets of the smaller jib (which we use most of the time here in windy Monterey Bay) so I don't want to tie those up with the main and jib halyards, and it seems like too sharp and angle anyway.

Our main boom downhaul is cleated on a mast track mounted aluminum horn cleat just above (and too close to) the tang where the vang gets shackled, which doesn't work very well for either vang or DH. The angle of the vang in our case is too shallow to work well with the boom. I saw that one person has that end of the vang attaching to a deck mounted pad eye. Have others done this? How is it working.

Thanks for any help and advice.

[pjust]

My Ty has two jam cleats on either side of the cuddy roof which were originally intended for the jib sheets, but which became available when a p.o. rigged her for a roller furled genoa with tracked blocks and horn cleats on the coamings. I now use one of the rooftop jam cleats for the halyard and I put in a cheek block at the bottom of the mast to lead the topping lift to the other jam cleat. Leading both the halyard and the topping lift aft makes it easy to reef the main from the cockpit, which I find to be a considerable improvement to safety and convenience. I now use one of the horn cleats on the mast for a signal halyard and have left other available for other uses (e.g., hanging the pickup float for my mooring rather than letting it roll around on deck when she's moored).