[C320-list] FW: Single line Dutchman?

[Jeffrey Hare]

I don't have zippers in my mainsail cover, but I've been known to run a
sewing machine from time to time, so I could add those pretty easily.

As for the control line not being continuous,  Thanks.  :)  Must have just
been lazy and tired not to unscrew the block and look myself.. :)

Given that, I think I can "Repair" it for another season, but I really don't
like that control line mechanism much because it adds extra steps (that I
seem to frequently forget) when dropping the main in a hurry.

Old age makes you forget things.. I think that's what they told me, but I
can't recall exactly.  :)

Thanks guys!
-JEff


-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Mielenhausen _/) [mailto:kmielen at iwon.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:40 AM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] FW: Single line Dutchman?


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

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