[C320-list] Cleats and Lines

[Michael Leschisin]

Hey Guys,

I’m making the list of winter and spring projects for the boating and I have two deck setups I'd like to deal with.  

First off, my roller furler line for the geni’ ties off to a small, standard horned clear on the port side of the cockpit.  I believe this was the way Catalina set up the boat from the factory.  I’m not a big fan of this, since having the headsail reefed requires tying and untying the furler while under tension and I’ve actually had it bind up on itself a few times.  My pervious boat, an S2, had a swivel cam cleat that the you simply latched and unlatched the the furler line in and out of.  Has anyone converted away from the original set up and have any opinions on what the best way to go here would be?

Secondly, My wife and I never really did any heavy weather sailing that required us to be harnessed in last season, but sailing on the Great Lakes, I know that day will come.  I’m curious how people are running Jacklines on a 320 with a dodger.  It seams like running a line from each of the bow cleats aft is a start, but there are no good anchor points near the front of the dodger that would keep us tied to the center of the boat.  Also, I’m guessing I’ll need to run a second line to cover the cockpit area, but again, no good center line anchor points. Any ideas here?

Thanks,

Michael





Michael Leschisin
#995, Wild Blue Yonder
Menominee, MI