[C320-list] Asymmetrical rigging
wflowe3 at netscape.net
wflowe3 at netscape.net
Fri Jul 24 08:42:29 PDT 2009
If I'm understanding the
question, what about stanchion mounted blocks (? eg. West Marine page
661) mounted to the front stanchions of the bow pulpit?
-----Original Message-----
From: Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com>
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Sent: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 9:51 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Asymmetrical rigging
So far we only lead the sheet around the aft cleat ant then to the winch.
There is a certain amount of friction but it works without a block.
We fly the asym so seldom it works for us, otherwise you need a block right
on top of the cleat or mount a cheek block on the deck.
Irv Grunes
Isle of wight #851
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Barbara Uhlman <uhlman at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
> We too are interested in how others rig their asymmetricals.
>
> Barb & Bob
> "Whisper" #1158
>
> --- On Fri, 7/24/09, james_delong <james_delong at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > From: james_delong <james_delong at bellsouth.net>
> > Subject: [C320-list] Asymmetrical rigging
> > To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> > Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 9:28 AM
> > Question on rigging the sheets for
> > the asymmetrical spinnaker....
> >
> > To attached the sheet to the stern cleat of the boat, I
> > have a two foot length of line with an eye on one end and a
> > 3 inch block on the other. The eye is attached to the
> > stern cleat. The spinnaker sheet is led through the
> > block at the end of the two foot line, then to a block
> > forward a bit on the deck that creates the proper angle to
> > the winch.
> >
> > So for so good...Everything works great when the chute is
> > flying and the sheet is under load. However, when the
> > sheet goes slack, the block drops and hits the boat.
> > When this is violent the block has knocked small chunks of
> > gel coat off the edge of the deck.
> >
> > Is this the preferred way to rig the sheets? Trust
> > someone has a better idea!
> >
> > Thanks, Jim #453
> >
>
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