[C320-list] FW: Single line Dutchman?

Wed Jun 14 03:40:03 PDT 2006

Jeff,

Don't abandon the B-type for the sake of a little maintenance!!!

I replaced the control line and monofiliments myself: 

77ft of 1/4" Sampson LS Yacht Braid ($22) from Defender

B50-2 Mono ($17 +ship) from Martinus Van Breems

No special skills required... the control line is constrained with stopper knots inside the blocks... no splices.

Karl Mielenhausen

2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"

New Bern, NC

http://members.cox.net/mielen/

From: Jeffrey Hare [mailto: catalina at thehares.com]

To: C320-List at catalina320.com

Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:52:25 -0400

Subject: [C320-list] Single line Dutchman?

Hi All, My dutchman line (the continuous loop line itself) has finally sprouted so many puckers of the core out through the cover that the blocks snag and don't run up/down very easily. I've seen the single line version that essentially has a cable with fixed blocks holding the mono-filament line. No clothsline loop, no jam cleat, no turning-blocks, just a line with the dutchman blocks fixed in position that gets attached to the topping lift and run up to the top of the mast. Rather than have a new closeline loop made, I'm considering just taking a scrap of my old halyard, measuring off the positions of the blocks and knotting the blocks in place. Seems like then, all I'd have to do is ease the topping lift a little when raising the sail, and tighten it up prior to dropping the sail. With the clothesline loop, I also have to do ease/tighten the topping lift just a 
little, as well as running the dutchman blocks up/down. Sounds to me like I save one step when dropping the main. Has anyone else converted the continuous loop dutchman to a single? (I've sailed with the single on a C380 and it seemed easier). -JeffH

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