[C320-list] Mainsheet

[Chris Burti]

I agree and I am definitely installing wedges, I can rustle the
aluminum block and have the tool to fabricate them. I also think that
the line being fat is the main culprit, because when I really shove it
into the cleat, I have no more premature release issues....with the
mainsheet...I just hate spending money when the existing line is in
good shape otherwise.


On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Pat Ireland <cherie320 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>



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Chris Burti Farmville, NC