[C320-list] Whisker Pole Installation

[Chris Burti]

I did it the same way and it works great. I always
assumed that the continuous loop and cam cleat are
there to provide adjustment as the line stretch a bit
over time I harly ever mess with them.

--- Weikel Paul <Paul.Weikel at theglassgroup.com> wrote:

> 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
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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