[C320-list] Mainsheet

[Pat Ireland]

Chris

Have not changed the line yet as I'm in analysis paralysis on this problem.
What is there, works.  I would just rather have a cam cleat.  More analysis
required.

I have to admit that I am still looking at reconfiguring the clam.  A wedge
and a different angle looks like it would help a lot.

Pat



On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Chris Burti Farmville, NC
>