[C320-list] Mainsheet Technical Articles

[Robert Seastream]

Well...it isn't exactly a sailing story, since we spent most of the  
time trying to keep we three IN the boat and it upright.  :-)

On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:14 AM, LaChance,Michael B wrote:

> Bob,
> Tell us more about your trip home
> Mike
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> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Mainsheet Technical Articles
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> You may not have to go inside the binnacle.  I've had an issue on my
> 2002 (hull 906) where occasionally on locking the wheel I couldn't
> unlock it.  I found out this season that there's a plastic 'interface'
> piece between the knob I turn and the shaft that actually applies the
> brake.  This piece is internally threaded to accept the brake shaft and
> externally threaded to accept the knob.  I discovered this the day I
> kept unscrewing the knob until it came off in my hand, revealing the
> black plastic piece described above, still attached to the brake shaft.
>   Pliers applied to the brake shaft released the brake mechanism; not  
> my
> recommended ongoing solution.  Your mechanism may be slipping
> similarly.
>
> In other news, our trip home today from Newburyport, MA to Portsmouth,
> NH in NE 20 kt winds gusting to 25 kts with 4-6 ft seas, was
> interesting.
>
> Bob Seastream
> 'Intuition', hull 906
>
>
> On Oct 7, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Len wrote:
>
>> One item of interest would be what to do when the wheel-lock mechanism
>> doesn't work.  My Edson lock-knob just tuns, but doesn't lock the
>> wheel..
>> Edson is to e me a schematic diagram re adjusting "brake" inside
>> binnacle,
>> but maybe there's an easier way?.....
>>
>> Len Krane
>> Aqua5   #1070
>>
>>
>> On 10/7/07, Karl Mielenhausen _/) <kmielen at iwon.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> C320 IA Members,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for your ideas on possible subject matter for Mainsheet
>>> Technical Articles for our C320's. What would you like to see written
>>> about?
>>>
>>> Also, if you are willing to author an article, we'd love to have it!!
>>>
>>> Thanks....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl Mielenhausen
>>>
>>> 2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"
>>>
>>> New Bern, NC
>>>
>>> http://pages.suddenlink.net/kmielen/
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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