[C320-list] Snapped roller furling line

[John Meyers]

Graeme,

Where and how was that block mounted? I tried to figure that out on my 1997
model. The forward most stanchion is too far back and the line stacks up at
the top. Is it mounted on a pad eye screwed into the deck?

John Meyers
Muskegon

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 6:46 AM, Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk> wrote:

> I noticed on my recently purchased 320 that the position of the foremost
> running block on the stanchions for the furling line had been altered to
> move it forward closer to the furler; this gives a much more accurate feed
> of the line onto the drum and avoids the line chafing on the edges of the
> top and bottom plates of the furling drum.  Wish I’d thought of that on our
> old boat!
>
> Graeme
> #366, ‘Jaskar’, Britain