i14 Line Lengths

[Chiz]

Now, I could run out to the club and measure this stuff, but its raining and I'm hoping I can be fat, lazy and dry in my office.

Do any of you 14'ers have rough ideas of spin halyard and spin sheet lengths?

Word to each and everyone of your moms.

Chiz

 

[OILCOUNTRY]

Be a MAN! Do Da Right thing!

 

[MT14er]

Spinnaker Halyard Length- quite long, like 200' +/- 150'

Sheet Length- Not quite as much, but still pretty long.

Hope that helps

But seriously, all 14s are set up different, so you better go get wet.

 

[Matt D]

Isn't the standard halyard 90'? Probably best to measure your current line though than take any advice from here.

 

[Onrust1368]

Now, I could run out to the club and measure this stuff, but its raining and I'm hoping I can be fat, lazy and dry in my office.

Do any of you 14'ers have rough ideas of spin halyard and spin sheet lengths?

Word to each and everyone of your moms.

Chiz

you won't "melt" -

but you might "dissolve" -

 

[Ned]

Given that every boat is a bit different you best venture out in the rain. Good news is it's not snow this week.

 

[Chiz]

Given that every boat is a bit different you best venture out in the rain. Good news is it's not snow this week.

gah good point. That will happen soon enough!!

 

[agtfree1]

check with Dollberg or the LLaw bros?

 

[Smithy]

Assuming it's still raining wherever you are, on a sample of one, and as they say they're all different, I have a note that on my old B2 the lengths were "just less than 23m" for the kite halyard, 13m for the sheets

Leave you to translate into feet or fathoms or whatever

YMMV as they say...

[thinking about the kite halyard, up and down a 25ft mast, plus twice the length of a 14ft boat, total 78ft so 23m doesn't seem out of line. But I'd add a bit for safety if I were you!

 

[agtfree1]

hey Ian,

I don't know what you want to use for line. mebbe spliced with a smaller singlebraid up the mast? I'm diggin the nominally 4mm Maffioli Swiftcord. doesn't seem to stretch in my IC applications, nice for grip, doesn't wear fast in cleats or chafing situations, seems pretty light, different colours too.

buy lots. sucks to be a bit short. tie up someone with the rest.

cheers, K

 

[Shu]

Besides individual boat dimensions, individual kites can differ widely with their pull-down patch locations. After dealing with too much line in the cockpit, tangling, dragging out the back, etc. I finally cut about 1.5 feet off my halyard. When I got my next spinnaker, it was too short! After seeing some awful pictures of my distorted kite on the web (it always looked ok from the back of the boat), I finally spliced 5 feet back on. I would start with at least 85 or even 90 feet, and trim from there after sailing a bit.

Tip: sailing in bigger breeze (you will ease much more and sail deeper) really uses up the extra length; so don't cut it short after a day in light airs.