[C320-list] Whisker Pole Installation

[Weikel Paul]

Thanks for the advice Joe.


Paul Weikel


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Barrett [mailto:joe at dolphinmortgage.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:48 AM
To: 'C320-List'
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Whisker Pole Installation

Hi Paul, regarding the Dutchman it is easy and inexpensive to have your
local canvas maker sew in two zippers for slots so the monofilament can pass
thru the mainsail cover. I did it a while ago and never have to adjust the
closeline/topping lift at all except to ease the topping lift when raising
the main.
Joe Barrett
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Weikel Paul
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 7:38 AM
To: 'Allan.Field at comcast.net'; 'C320-List'
Subject: [C320-list] Whisker Pole Installation
 
Allan,
 
Several weeks back there was a thread going on the whisker pole for the
C320.
 
I must have deleted your email, so I apologize if I am repeating what has
already been discussed.
 
 
Pole size is  12-22   Correct for a 135 Genoa  ?
 
What length of track did you install on the mast  ?
 
How far off the cabin top or from the mast base is the lower end of the
track ?
 
How did you attach track to the mast  ?   rivots, screws, etc.  ????  I
don't want to fray any of the lines.
 
 
My mainsail cover is similar to yours - no slots.  I loosen the Dutchman a
lot to have enough slack for the cover.  I put a small piece of tape around
the line to mark the position for both sail up and sail down.
 
 
Are you going to the East Coast All Catalina at the end of July  ?
 
 
 
Paul Weikel
Second Chance
#361
Georgetown, MD
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Field [mailto:Allan.Field at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:22 AM
To: 'C320-List'
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Single line Dutchman?
 
Jeff - Does your mainsail cover have slots for the Dutchman?  If not,
wouldn't you need to slacken the Dutchman quite a bit in order to get the
cover on?  That is what I need to do with Sea Shadow's cover. - Allan
 
-----Original Message-----
From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hare
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:52 PM
To: 'C320-List'
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