[C320-list] Asymetric Chute Tack Block

[Denny Browne]

I run my tack line from the tack of the sail inside the bow pulpit to a
block that's attached to the bail on the anchor roller (sounds like yours),
and back to the cockpit through a couple of padeyes. Also attached to the
tack is an ATN Tacker (http://www.atninc.com/tacker.html). The Tacker is a
plastic collar that slides up and down on the furled headsail, keeping the
tack of the sail from falling off to leeward as the tack line is eased for
sailing farther off the wind. The Tacker also keeps the tack line from
chafing on the bow pulpit and it keeps the sail away from the navigation
lights on the bow pulpit that I'm convinced are a serious threat to my
spinnaker. An alternative to the Tacker is the Parrel Bead solution from
Neil Pryde Sails (http://www.sailingsource.com/neilpryde/store/beads.htm). 

Denny Browne
A Cappella #935
Redondo Beach
denny at dennybrowne.com

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Irving Grunes
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:22 PM
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Subject: [C320-list] Asymetric Chute Tack Block

Hi,
Just back from a Chesapeake sail trying to using our asymetric chute.

We have the tack block mounted at the end of the anchor holder where the
bale is mounted to that captures the anchor.

We are running the tack line  INSIDE the pulpit to the block since it is aft
of the pulpit front and we feel that its not the best place.  And the tack
line rubs on the pulpit when the wind is light

1. Has anyone mounted a block on the front of the pulpit just above the bow
light?  I feel that the front of the pulpit is more forward than the anchor
roller and the tack line would not rub on the inside of the pulpit.

2. Is the pulpit strong enough to withstand the pull that a tack line will
have when the wind starts to gust or blow near 10 knots?

3. If anyone has done this, what kind of mounting did you use for the block
to keep it standing up?

Irv  Grunes
#851