[C320-list] Jib Sheets Jamming

[Chris Burti]

Yup...on every boat I've ever sailed. That can be
avoided by pulling out the sheet in the cockpit prior
to the tack.

--- "Kurt R. Budelmann, M.D." <krbmd77 at charter.net>
wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> My sheets also occasionally jam at the base of the
> shrouds; and catch on the forward hatch if I do not
> keep some tension on the slack sheet during
> tack/jibe.
> 
> Have you had your genoa sheets jam at the block near
> the cockpit due to line twist?
> __
> Kurt R. Budelmann
> Everwind, Hull# 1035
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Chris Burti 
>   To: C320-List 
>   Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:10 AM
>   Subject: Re: [C320-list] Jib Sheets Jamming
> 
> 
>   I wonder if this is something Catalina fixed. I've
>   never had it happen. So, I just started paying
> closer
>   attention to the thread and noticed that the
> recent
>   posts all involved 600 series models.
> 
>   Anyone with 800 or newer hulls having the problem
> as
>   well?
> 
>   My thorn in the thumb is the sheets catching under
> the
>   forward hatch when tacking single handed. Anyone
>   figured a simple solution other than the obvious
>   closing of the hatch?
>   cb
> 
>   --- Stanley Rogacevicz <SROGACEV at holycross.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>   > Dick,
>   >    A picture of my teak pad and tape solution
> has
>   > been out on the c320
>   > site for a few years. It worked flawlessly.
>   > Stan
>   > (formerly) Christy Leigh
>   > c320 #656
>   > Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI
>   > 
>   > >>> dickwalker at att.net 5/10/2006 5:19 PM >>>
>   > I have from time to time a problem with my jib
>   > sheets jamming under
>   > the
>   > shroud turn buckles on the deck.  What seems to
> be
>   > the obvious solution
>   > is
>   > to put 1" vice the 2"  clevis pins.  
>   > 
>   > Has anyone made this change?
>   > 
>   > Cheers,
>   >  
>   > Dick Walker
>   > C-320 (687) WindWalker II
>   > 740 Olive Ave.
>   > Coronado, CA 92118-2136
>   > 619.435.8986
>   > 
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>   Chris Burti
>   "Commitment"
>   Catalina 320, #867, 
>   Farmville, NC
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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