Looks like it isn't attached. If you never reef, you can just haul the yard up as high as it will go. If you reef, you need some sort of parrel arrangement.
I've sailed with James and seen his setup. What he has is a custom fitting that is essentially a round hoop (about 5-6" in diameter made of about 1/4" steel) that acts as a parrel, welded to an open hook below the hoop that attaches to a grommet seized to the yard and a eye above the hoop that the halyard is permanently tied to. None of this is visible in the video, unfortunately. The yard slips onto the hook in a second, and is held there by tension when the halyard is raised. The yard comes off again just as easily when you want to drop the rig. The loose end of the halyard then goes around the cleat on the mast, up to and around the hook and then is made off back to the cleat. The whole mast can then be easily lifted out of its step and stowed for rowing. The system works so well, I copied it for my boat, Fire-Drake.
VERY cool!I'm currently building my own gaff rig sail boat.
Is that a Caledonia Yawl? Oughtread designed?
"Yeadon is right of course..."
Dang that's fast. I thought James used a dog collar on the boom. Does he skip that now?
How have you attached the yard to your mast?
Looks like it isn't attached. If you never reef, you can just haul the yard up as high as it will go. If you reef, you need some sort of parrel arrangement.
I've sailed with James and seen his setup. What he has is a custom fitting that is essentially a round hoop (about 5-6" in diameter made of about 1/4" steel) that acts as a parrel, welded to an open hook below the hoop that attaches to a grommet seized to the yard and a eye above the hoop that the halyard is permanently tied to. None of this is visible in the video, unfortunately.
The yard slips onto the hook in a second, and is held there by tension when the halyard is raised. The yard comes off again just as easily when you want to drop the rig. The loose end of the halyard then goes around the cleat on the mast, up to and around the hook and then is made off back to the cleat. The whole mast can then be easily lifted out of its step and stowed for rowing.
The system works so well, I copied it for my boat, Fire-Drake.
@@AlexZimmerman It's called a mast traveller. They are the best of several solutions to the parrel problem.
ketch not a yawl!
Please don't wipe your ignorance all over my nice channel, you silly man.