[C320-list] Mainsheet

[Denny Browne]

I replaced my mainsheet with 10mm Spect-set II, and it works great. I have mounted Harken 280 camcleats at the edge of the cabintop. They're far easier when off the wind but I still use both winches upwind. 

Denny Browne
310.408.9591
http://www.EIM-inc.com/dbrowne 

Sent from handheld, sorry for typos, grammar, etc...

On 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