[C320-list] double main sheet control?

[Jack McDonough]

John:

I don't understand that, either. You have TWO main sheets?

Jack
#947


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Meyers" <jcmeyers7 at gmail.com>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] double main sheet control?


>I don't remember anyone suggesting this but.....
>
> I use the starboard side on the winch and the port side is in the cleat so
> that I can quickly release the main in an emergency. I don't want to waste
> valuable time undoing the sheet from the winch. It really is a nice
> feature.
>
> John Meyers
> Wind Chime
> Muskegon Mi
>
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Annie Bennett <
> annie at sydneyprivatesailing.com.au> wrote:
>
>> On Topcat I use the main sheet on the starboard side regardless of what
>> tack I'm on as I'm very right handed and it feels more comfortable to me. 
>> I
>> use the main sheet on the port side if I have non sailing guests who are
>> sitting in the way of the sheet on the starboard sheet so I don't have to
>> ask them to move.  Probably not a very technical reason I know.
>>
>> Annie Bennett
>> Topcat #1073
>>
>> On 14/09/2012, at 9:21 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Proper sail trim dictates that you use the traveller primarily for
>> > changing the angle of attack, the vang for pulling the boom down or
>> > raising it to reduce twist, the mainsheet, outhaul and
>> > halyard/cunningham to move the draft of the sail forward or aft.
>> >
>> > If you wish to move the boom in heavy air without using the winch,
>> > either luff up a little or ease the vang to reduce pressure on the
>> > sail. Either end of the sheet may be used. Both ends of the traveler
>> > should be synced.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 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
>> >> Satori #398
>> >> Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
>> >> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
>> >> PERMANENT address:
>> >>    498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
>> >>    (360) 468-2136
>> >>    genehelfman at gmail.com
>> >>
>> >> "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day,
>> >> Teach a man to fish and he'll deplete the
>> >>      oceans."
>> >>
>> >> The Book of Bob, Ironies 24:7
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Chris Burti
>> > Farmville, NC
>>