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Home. Association Forum Ships Store Cruising Racing Technical Tips Photo Gallery - New Boat Search - Updated Manuals & Brochures Swap Meet Links Officer Flag Line & Staff Bylaws & Constitution   Members Area Join the Association   Notice: The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ. The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.	Lazy Jacks How to construct an inexpensive lazy jack system. by Frank Farmer. March 2006. With additional Pictures by Dave Peters. Materials: 60’ of 3/16” Dacron line, 4 brass snap hooks, 2 ss eye pads, 2 small horn cleats. Attach the eye pads to the bottom of each spreader, about 12” away from the mast. Run the 3/16 thru the port eye, lead it aft to the mainsheet boom attachment, thread it through, and lead it back up to and through the starboard eye pad. Screw the horn cleats to each side of the mast level with the boom. Tie 2 figure 8 loops in each of the boom to spreader lines. Attach the port side 3/16” to the port side cleat and the starboard line to the starboard cleat. With the remaining 3/16 cut two lengths for jack “cradles”, attach a snap hook to each end and snap the lines into the figure 8 loops. Make the lines taut and secure at the cleats. The bits and pieces Main sheet attach point: Vang loop-through: Deck light attach point: (using existing mast cleat for securing control line) "V" attachment and slider: