[C320-list] double main sheet control?

[Colin Evans]

That`s interesting Jeff,
We do the same but I have anchored the staboard side of the main sheet off
to the block near the base of the mast.
BUT our first reef line is on the port side, you say yours is on the
starboard. Our second reef line is at the mast. The deck plan I have from
the Catalina bible (halyards arrangement) shows the second reef coming back
to the cockpit on the starboard side, but doesn`t show the outhaul, which we
have in it`s place. 
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Regards
Colin Evans
Watermark #774
Lake Macquarie, Australia
 

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Hare
Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012 9:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] double main sheet control?

Everyone has their own system, but we leave the starboard side of the main
sheet cleated in the clam cleat and almost never touch it. That leaves the
STARBOARD cabin top winch free for the raising the main and the tightening
the reefing line when wind pops up.  So, We use the PORT cabin top winch
almost exclusively for main sheet duty.  In the spring we raise the genoa
with it but other than that it's always used for the mainsheet.

That way our crew always knows where to go for main sheet adjustments and
for all intents and purposes, we treat it like it's a single ended
mainsheet.

Jeff

On Sep 13, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Having sailed for 50+ years on boats with only one main sheet, I'll admit
> to being totally perplexed with the port and starboard sheet arrangement
on
> the 320, especially when going upwind in anything other than light air.
> 
> My instincts tell me that hardening the upwind sheet should pull the boom
> down and also bring it to windward (recognizing that the traveler also
> determines boom alignment).  To do this, do you slack the downwind sheet?
> When I do this, the boom moves quickly downwind, making it even harder to
> pull the boom and sail to the upwind side, often requiring putting the
> sheet on the winch and cranking hard.  Is there a protocol?
> 
> thanks,
> gene
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