[C320-list] Mainsheet

[Denny Browne]

Haven't tested that. I wouldn't use them upwind (either of them) because the load is great. The other risk is the shock load of an accidental jibe. I prefer using both winches in either circumstance and the jammer if one winch is needed for a spin halyard. Jammers have been fine for that and I rarely use them. 

Denny 
A Cappella #935
Redondo Beach, CA

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

On Oct 21, 2010, at 4:36 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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