The gooseneck on my TY is the slider type. What is available to make it stationery? Are all TYs the slider assembly? Thanks
walawson@qwest.net
Gooseneck on TY
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Joel
Re: Gooseneck on TY
The slider type gooseneck is part of the roller reefing system for the main sail. If you don't (or don't want to) use main roller reefing, see Mike Wainfield's post of 11/5 on this board regarding the gooseneck he installed on his Ty as part of a conversion to a slab or jiffy reefing system.
Joel
s/y Pokey II
'73 Ty #549
bondy_joel@hotmail.com
Joel
s/y Pokey II
'73 Ty #549
bondy_joel@hotmail.com
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Serge Zimberoff
Re: Gooseneck on TY
When Quantum made a new main for me Jocelyn Nash, Quantum's local sail guru, came sailing with me to check the fit and showed me her way of dealing with the sliding gooseneck. That was 6 or 7 years ago and I have not been able to improve on it.
What she convinced me was that the boom stays at a fixed place in the mast. This is usually just below the slot where the mainsail slugs enter the mast. The boom is located with removeable stops and there is a pin through the mast track just above the slot to keep the sail slugs from coming out when taking the main down.
Tension on the leech is accomplished with a Cunningham. At first I used a traditional stainless hook but now I just run a 1/8" line that is attached to the mast below the boom through the first reef point and back down to a small jam cleat on the mast. If the boom location is right, there isn't much yield in the leech when tensioned.
Easy to use, sail looks great, and worries about the slot in the mast gone forever. Plus with a mark on the main halyard for the reef point, the halyard is just let out to the mark and the 'cunningham' used again to tension the leech making it into a dual use line.
I was taught on a Ty pulling the boom down with a downhaul and there is just no comparison.
Serge
serge@srtrop.com
What she convinced me was that the boom stays at a fixed place in the mast. This is usually just below the slot where the mainsail slugs enter the mast. The boom is located with removeable stops and there is a pin through the mast track just above the slot to keep the sail slugs from coming out when taking the main down.
Tension on the leech is accomplished with a Cunningham. At first I used a traditional stainless hook but now I just run a 1/8" line that is attached to the mast below the boom through the first reef point and back down to a small jam cleat on the mast. If the boom location is right, there isn't much yield in the leech when tensioned.
Easy to use, sail looks great, and worries about the slot in the mast gone forever. Plus with a mark on the main halyard for the reef point, the halyard is just let out to the mark and the 'cunningham' used again to tension the leech making it into a dual use line.
I was taught on a Ty pulling the boom down with a downhaul and there is just no comparison.
Serge
serge@srtrop.com