[C320-list] Reefing Block inside boom

[Bill Sloane]

Thanks Irv,  that's a great idea.  I know at least one electrician.

Bill.


On 5/27/07, Irv Grunes <igrunes at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Bill,
> An electricians snake should so the job. Find an electrician and borrow
> one
> or rent it.
> I don't know of any electrician that would not be happy to go on a
> sailboat
> ride for the day.
> Irv grunes
> #851
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Bill Sloane
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 12:24 PM
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Reefing Block inside boom
>
>
> I am trying to reassemble my new (to me) Catalina 320, after dismantling
> the
> boat to get it trucked from Lake Tahoe to Puget Sound.  My '98 boat has
> first and second reefing points. Are there two (2) reefing blocks inside
> the
> boom, one for each reefing point?  I found one block with a single line
> coming from the second reefing point. My first reefing line pulled out at
> the mast end of the boom. How does one get the line all the way through
> the
> boom?  I was thinking of safety pinning it to my outhaul rope, which is
> the
> only rope I can see that goes all the way through.
>
> Been sailing anyway without functioning reefing lines, which is not a
> great
> idea but I couldn't help my self.
>
> Bill
> Olympia  WA
> Hull 554.
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