I am installing a small electric anchor winch to hoist and reef my boom furling main, which has a large roach. I would like to have a halyard brake or other device to maintain light, constant tension on the halyard as I haul the sail down to reef or stow completely. If tension varies, the roll loosens and risks jamming against the front of the boom. Who makes such devices, or can one find a rope clutch that has a variable setting that could be used? I don’t care what it is called, only that it does the job I require…Thanks….Lowell
Hi Lowell: I have not seen such a brake before. However, I would check with the guys who make the inboom furling systems as they might have developed something like this. Regards – Steve
Posted by Steve Dashew (November 30, 1999)
