[C320-list] Mainsheet

[Chris Burti]

Has anyone tried replacing the line. It gets fatter with age and
harder to engage the cleats. I have been seriously considering a
changeout.

I don't understand the issue with the blocks. I rarely need the winch
to adjust the mainsheet. At hull number 867, do we have an upgrade
over the setup on 700 series boats?

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Rick Evans
<ericstillwellevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am wondering where the fiddle block would go?
>
> on the traveler? Then you could never use it with a dodger.
>
> I will have to really think about it.
>
> Rick
> 724
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Pat Ireland <cherie320 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Copied from the Cat 34 forum - tom's post - dated 2002 -
>> "I'm also going to upgrade the mainsheet system too...Garhauer is working
>> up
>> a 7:1 system (vice 5:1) with a cleat on the fiddle block, while also
>> leaving
>> the other free end going to the winch (like original); all with ball
>> bearing
>> blocks...That way we can "fast trim" off the fiddle, then fine trim with
>> the
>> winch...
>>
>>  After racing just once, we found that trying to bring the main up after a
>> downwind leg took way too long, and was too much work...So with the new
>> system, we can pull the majority of the line up from the fiddle, then
>> switch
>> back to the winch side when it gets loaded...Of course we have to remember
>> to keep one end of the sheet in a cleat at all times :-)"
>> Pat, 801
>>
>



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Chris Burti Farmville, NC