Also, leading many of the mast
lines back will make it much easier for you to single hand a boat. I'm working on doing this on my boat right now.
I am planning on running the mainsail halyard, reefing
lines (for first and second mainsail reefs), outhaul, topping lift,
spinnaker halyard,
spinnaker sock control
lines, roller
furling lines will all be led back...I'm also planning on installing some
line clutches on the mast, to help with controlling the topping lift, mainsail halyard,
jib halyard, and
spinnaker halyards.
When I installed my boom brake, I led the
line for it aft, to start with.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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