[C320-list] Asymetric Chute Tack Block

[bruceheyman at cox.net]

Irv,
I would not trust the pulpit to take the shock loads that occur when the spinaker collapses and then refills.  Also there are times when we are sailing as hard on the wind as the sail will let us and you want the tack as low as possible.
Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Irving Grunes" <igrunes at gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:21:41 
To:C320-List at catalina320.com
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
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