[C320-list] double main sheet control?

[John Meyers]

Jack,

Technically, two ends of the same main sheet. You can control the main
sheet from either side of the boat.

I take it you haven't seem much of the discussion over that last few days.

John

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Jack McDonough <mcdonough5 at verizon.net>wrote:

> 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 <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
>>>
>>>
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