When we bought our 1980 Whitby 42, Hull #80 INDEFATIGABLE in 2010, she needed all new running rigging. We purchased all of it in a single order from onlineropestore.com - they were theonly vendor we found that had a wide enough range of sizes and colors to meet our needs. The "goal" was to rig the boat in such a way that we could take friends/ kids sailing and have them pitch in without having to know what the proper line names were - so we could tell them to pull in on the blue line, instead of using the term "jib sheet", and there would be only one blue line in the vicinity, so they couldn't mistakenly do something bad. Anyway, the spreadsheet below was the tool of choice for the planning phase, and it turns out that there is a demand for a "list" of what lines, and what lengths of line, comprise the running rigging of a Whitby 42. Everything below is double braid polyester, except for the preventers, which are nylon. Also, spinnaker sheets were made up in nylon, but they are not on the spreadsheet- they were purchased later. Figure on the length of the jib sheets plus about 25%. If you've read this far, you must have a need for it, so without further ado, here it is:
Line | Dia | Length | Color | Show | ||
Aft Main Sheet | 3/8 | 80 | White with Blue fleck | |||
Baby Stay, Mizzen Port | 5/16 | 21 | white with red fleck | |||
Baby Stay, Mizzen Starboard | 5/16 | 21 | white with green fleck | |||
Davits Inner | 3/16 | 90 (2 pcs) | White with Black Fleck | |||
Davits Outer | 5/16 | 115 (2 pcs) | white with black fleck | |||
Jib Furler | 5/16 | 85 | White with Blue fleck | |||
Jib Sheets | 5/8 | 100 | solid blue | |||
Main Cunningham | 5/16 | 10 | white with black fleck | |||
Main Halyard | 1/2 | 110 | Solid white | |||
Main Jib Halyard | 1/2 | 110 | Solid White | |||
Main Outhaul | 3/16 | 5 | White with Black Fleck | |||
Main Spare Halyard | 1/2 | 110 | White with Green fleck | |||
Main Spinnaker Halyard | 1/2 | 110 | White with Red Fleck | |||
Main Spinnaker Pole Halyard | 5/16 | 80 | white with black fleck | |||
Main Topping Lift | 5/16 | 110 | white with black fleck | |||
Main vang | 5/16 | 10 | white with black fleck | |||
Mizzen Halyard | 5/16 | 75 | White with Blue fleck | |||
Mizzen Outhaul | 3/16 | 5 | White with Black Fleck | |||
Mizzen Sheet | 5/16 | 55 | white with black fleck | |||
Mizzen Staysail Halyard | 5/16 | 75 | ||||
Mizzen Topping Lift | 5/16 | 75 | white with black fleck | |||
Mizzen Vang | 3/16 | 5 | White with Black Fleck | |||
Preventer, Main (nylon) | 3/8 | 120 | Solid Red | |||
Preventer, Mizzen (nylon) | 3/8 | 80 | Solid Red | |||
Reef points | 3/16 | 45 (9 pcs) | White with Black Fleck | |||
Totals | ||||||
miz vang, 2x outhauls, davits inner, reefing | 3/16 | 150 | White with Black Fleck | |||
jib sheets | 5/8 | 100 | solid blue | |||
main and jib | 1/2 | 220 (300) | solid white | |||
soinnaker halyard | 1/2 | 110 | white with red fleck | |||
spare halyard | 1/2 | 110 | white with green fleck | |||
miz, main toplifts, spin pole, miz sheet, davits outer | 5/16 | 455 (600) | white with black fleck | |||
main, miz preventers (nylon) | 3/8 | 200 | solid red |