[C320-list] double main sheet control?

[Jack McDonough]

John:

In other words, the other end of your main sheet isn't tied off to the dead 
eye on the cabin top. (It goes through a block to return to the cockpit?) 
OK. Gotcha. Clever idea but since I don't race or otherwise feel the need 
for constant, instant sail management, I'll continue to muddle along with 
the setup the way it is now.

Have I seen much of the discussion of the last few days? Yes, but I pick and 
choose depending on the topic. There are times when my in-box is overwhelmed 
with 320 messages and I don't read them all.

jack
#947




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Meyers" <jcmeyers7 at gmail.com>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] double main sheet control?


> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>