[C320-list] Mainsheet

[Chris Burti]

Denny,
How are the cam cleats about releasing in a high wind round-up?

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Denny Browne <dennybrowne at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
>



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Chris Burti Farmville, NC