I have a Reg White Tornado with the old classic rig. I have some questions to sort out about rigging the boat, but have lost contact with the previous owner.
First of all, I need to know what will run inside the boom, currently its mess inside it!
Second matter is Ive got two ropes comming through each side of the mastfoot and are cleated on the frontbeam. I have currently no clue what theese are for!
Third problem is the halyard system for both the jib and main. I dont have a good solution to hoist the main nor do I know where to cleat the jibhalyard.
Please shine som light on my matters... Arent there any original manuals or guides for these things?
/Carl
Hi,
the Tornado is an all out racing boat, where you can design your own deck layout to fit your needs (within the class rules). Convenient for racers and experienced sailors, but a bit of a problem for people new to the class.
Anyway, inside the boom it usually is a outhaul system for the main. I would guess your boom has a pulley system and a bungee to put the outhaul in the 'minimum outhaul' position. A mast rotation control system can also be buildt into the boom, with or without pulleys..
Lines coming trough the mastfoot can be anything, from downhaul, jib downhaul to positive mast rotation. Hard to say without seeing the boat and the setup.
Mainsail halyard are usually put in the mast groove, in front of the main. The main hooks on to a hook in the top of the mast. Put the rest of the halyard in the bag you have on your trampoline.
If you have a sealed mast, the halyard is usually but inside the zipper on the jib and the jib 'hooked' in a cleat attached to the forstay. If the jib halyard goes trough the mast and down the mainsail luff groove there is some arrangment for securing it on the bottom of the mast.
There is lots of guessing here, but as there are many different ways to rig a Tornado some pictures are neccesary to help you any further.
I agree with Rolf,
There are quite a few different ways to rig the systems on the boat. The boom should just have the outhaul in it but could contain a few other things.
The only thing I can add is about the halyards. I have a 1990 Reg mast on my boat and just led all the halyards outside the mast and sealed it this spring so I've been through the debate of how to run the halyards. Depending on the age of the boat, there can be a few different ways the halyards go. Most of the early 90's and older boats seam to have internal halyards (halyards all run inside the mast). My jib halyard was a 2 to 1 system that cleated on a jam cleat where it exited the mast. My main halyard ran inside the mast can had a turning block at the base and exited there. It also had a sky hook at the top of the mast for a halyard lock. If you can provide alittle more information (age of boat, more detail on the current setup) perhaps we can offer some more advice. I'm by no means an expert but have talked to some people who do have an extensive background on the boat. Maybe they will chime in here as well to help you out.
Todd Berget
Hi, on my reg white, the jib halyard runs down the inside of the mast and out a hole in the side about even with the gooseneck. There is a pulley system inside the mast that attaches to the bottom of the halyard (where rope meets wire) with a hook. The tensioning of the halyard can then occur from either side of the mast via the rope running along the front beam. The rope has bungie within the beam to maintain tension.
To rephrase; the line comes out of the beam, runs through the cleat into the mast, up & down twice, out of mast through cleat and into the other side of the beam. You have to remove the bottom of the mast to rig the pulley system.
The line in the boom must be the outhall. I haven't taken mine apart to discover the inner workings, but if you pull back on the outhall fitting, it hopefully will snap back into place.
The main should hook at the top of the mast as previously described.
Hope this helps
Al
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