Thanks all,
You have confirmed my initial instinct that the line should be aft of the spreader to avoid chafing.
Hopefully I will be sailing later this week.
Have a great season everyone!
Cheers
Graham

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> On May 27, 2024, at 1:20 PM, Ed McNamara <edmc18 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Totally agree with Patrick. If you decide you want to reverse what you’ve
> done do what I’ve done several times… ball up the end of the line and take
> a “hook shot” to heave it over the spreader and onto the preferred side.
> 
>> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:31 PM PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It depends %100 on where your turning block is on the cabin top.  If it is
>> in front of the spreader position you need to run the lift line in front to
>> avoid rubbing on the spreader.  And vice versa.
>> Patrick
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM Graham Parker <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So my boat was a 2011 and the cleat for the topping lift is on the  of
>> the
>>> port side of the cabin top. It is fed from the top of the mast through a
>>> feed halfway down the port side of cabin top. Visually it looks like it
>>> should descend aft of the spreader BUT so far this thread has a 2 -1 bias
>>> towards the line coming down in front of the spreader! I would love a few
>>> more opinions before I attempt to rig it tomorrow.
>>> Many thanks.
>>> Graham Parker
>>> 
>>>> On May 27, 2024, at 10:03, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> 
>>>> Just to further muddy the waters, if you ever want to be able to fly a
>>> cruising or triradial spinnaker, you will find you run out of masthead
>>> blocks.  I solved this shortage by attaching my topping lift to the aft
>> end
>>> of the masthead and running the line down to the boom.  At the aft end of
>>> the boom, I mounted a small cam cleat.  This solution has worked well.  I
>>> can adjust the topping lift from the aft end of the cockpit and I have
>>> enough halyards for my spinnakers.
>>>> Roger Pihlaja
>>>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>>>> 1978. Sanford, MI
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 26, 2024, at 9:05 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Graham,
>>>>> 
>>>>> There are two pulleys to port and two pulleys to starboard at the top
>>> of the mast. You would have discovered this pretty quickly once you had
>> the
>>> mast down, and this detail doesn't really matter a great deal.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm pretty sure that the location of the small block at the edge of
>> the
>>> cabin top on my boat dictates that the topping lift line will come down
>> to
>>> the deck forward of the spreader.  On other boats apparently that block
>> is
>>> further aft, and the line passes aft of the spreader.  You will need to
>>> figure out which path is correct for your boat.  It should be easy to
>>> reroute the line one way or the other with a boat hook.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Peter Nyberg
>>>>> Coventry, CT
>>>>> s/v Silverheels (19888/2016)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> [ Sent From rhodes22.net ]
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2024-05-26, at 13:04:47 EDT, Graham Parker wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>> I am not sure if the line that controls the boom height is really
>>> called a
>>>>>> topping lift? but that is the line I am talking about. It came out of
>>> the
>>>>>> masthead top pulley during mast raising and now I have to drop the
>>> mast and re
>>>>>> rig it so I want to make sure I do it correctly. Is there a diagram
>>> anywhere in
>>>>>> the archives? I think the line goes from the rear top of the boom up
>>> into a
>>>>>> pulley (one or two pulleys?) on the top of the mast and then down on
>>> the aft
>>>>>> side of the port spreader and into the cleat on the cabin top?
>>>>>> Can anyone clarify before I drop the mast?
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Graham Parker
>>>>>> sv 00Sailin
>>>>>> Lake Champlain
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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