 New happy owner. | Hello all.
My name is Paul. My wife Marie and I have recently retired and relocated to Tasmania from sweaty Perth in WA, purchased a home in Hobart and have rejoined the sailing fraternity after a long absence.
We have just purchased a fixed keel RL28 by the name of " Fantacy" ( sail no. 490) and joined the Derwent Sailing Squadron where the boat is now penned.
I have a question.
I have read on this website that the boat originally had a topping lift for the boom. Fantacy doesn't have one so the boom rest on the cabine top when hoisting and lowering the main. Can someone please tell me if the original topping lift fitting should still there and where they are?
Look forward to a reply and starting correspondence with other RL 28 owners in Tassie.
Regards, Paul.
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| Re: New happy owner. | Hi Paul and Marie and welcome to the world of RLs.
My RL28 had a stainless strip projecting from the aft end of the mast head fitting and I simply had a light line (about 6mm spectra) to a hook that clipped to the boom end. When you eventually get the length of the line right, you will not have to release it when sailing, and it will hold the boom above head height when the sail is down. I guess that does depend somewhat on the cut of the mainsail.
With the sail up, make sure the topping lift is never tight no matter how hard the mainsheet is pulled on - you can do some damage to the boom that way.
If you are able to set it so the one position works for the sail raised or lowered, there is no need for the topping lift line to be fed back down the mast to a cleat - just tie it to the mast head.
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| Re: New happy owner. | Thanks Keith.
I can't see anything that fits that descriptions. I may need to start from scratch. I was hoping the was an unseen pulley at the top of the mast that can't be seen from the deck.
Judging by the past forums, there seems to be many variations in the 28s. I don't know if this was a natural progression during the design and manufacturing stage or alterations done by owners over the years.
I haven't seen anything in the forum re the fixed keel 28s. Do you know any of their history?
Also, my 28 has a main sheet traveller but photos I've seen do not. If they're not raced, would I loose much performance if I removed it to gain valuable cockpit space?
Thanks for you reply. I'm sure that I will have load more questions while I am learning about this great little boat.
Regards, Paul
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| Re: New happy owner. | Great reply.
You have been very helpful. I will probably get the masthead fitting. If anyone has more history of the fixed keel 28s I would love to hear some more details.
Thanks Keith.
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| Re: New happy owner. | Paul,
Check that the fitting matches your mast section before buying it as some owners fitted other sections than the one the factory used.
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