LostSailor
New Member
Hey Now,
I rigged my sunfish for the first time this morning — just in time for the wind to die out. I followed a how-to video showing the rigging of a mast with a cleat on its side, but my boat only has a deck cleat, so the procedure for tying my vang had to differ.
Eventually, I managed to make something functional, but I think the solution I arrived at limits the mobility of my boom. I couldn't quite get it out to 90º.
First I tried rigging it as if there were a mast cleat: hoisting the sail, passing the halyard through the eye, then up around the gooseneck and back through the eye before finally hitching to the deck cleat, but it kept falling.
The only way I could get the thing to work was by hoisting the sail, passing the halyard through the eye, tying the halyard to the deck cleat, then wrapping the gooseneck, passing back through the eye and tying a second cleat hitch on top of my first. But, like I said, this seems to limit the mobility of the boom.
I'm sure I'm missing a simple step.
Any suggestions?
I rigged my sunfish for the first time this morning — just in time for the wind to die out. I followed a how-to video showing the rigging of a mast with a cleat on its side, but my boat only has a deck cleat, so the procedure for tying my vang had to differ.
Eventually, I managed to make something functional, but I think the solution I arrived at limits the mobility of my boom. I couldn't quite get it out to 90º.
First I tried rigging it as if there were a mast cleat: hoisting the sail, passing the halyard through the eye, then up around the gooseneck and back through the eye before finally hitching to the deck cleat, but it kept falling.
The only way I could get the thing to work was by hoisting the sail, passing the halyard through the eye, tying the halyard to the deck cleat, then wrapping the gooseneck, passing back through the eye and tying a second cleat hitch on top of my first. But, like I said, this seems to limit the mobility of the boom.
I'm sure I'm missing a simple step.
Any suggestions?