Lugsail Rigging Upgrades

How I upgraded the lugsail halyard, downhaul and mainsheet on my wooden sailboat - a Paul Gartside designed Yaquina Bay One-Design.

[@tomedom5107]

Lovely boat. A few suggestions which you can ignore (I'm just a guy sounding off on social media!) 1. Add some brass half round sections to the top of the coaming to take the chafe of halyard & downhaul, otherwise your varnish is toast; or install feed-through fairleads through the coaming. 2. Ditch that huge snap-shackle on the halyard. You (probably) want the yard to snug up tight to the mast. Tie a tight overhand stopper in the end; then tie an overhand through the yard becket. The first will jam the second. It will undo just fine 3. For the downhaul, 2:1 is the minimum. if your sailing involves a lot of windward work you'll probably need to double that. 4. Not sure about that mainsheet block with jammer sitting up on a rope traveller. On any dinghy an instant release of the sheet is an absolute priority and the more racy the boat the more important it becomes! The problem with that kind of jammer block is that the jammer release angle is always on the move, so un-jamming is unreliable. Using jammers at all is a modern innovation so if you want to go trad, hold the sheet in your hand. If you want a reliable jammer use one fixed to the boat?

[@WavingNotDrowning]

Thanks. I still have changes to make and have come to similar conclusions re some aspects of the boat. Particularly a rubbing strake or fairleads on the coaming.

[@trinitytoo]

Beautiful presentation (clear, concise, informative) of your sensible improvements to the rigging. Thank you for the ideas which I can use for my Penobscot 14.

[@WavingNotDrowning]

Am documenting as I go in the hope of helping others.

[@GeoffTurnbull-cg6rw]

👏👏👏

[@SATSelectChoice]

Your boat is lovely. Do you get to sail it often?

[@WavingNotDrowning]

Bought it last Autumn. A few more tweaks and fixes before my first sail in her.

[@SATSelectChoice]

@@WavingNotDrowning make sure to enjoy her often! She is there to serve you, not the other way round!!