[C320-list] Cleats and Lines

[Chris Burti]

Michael,
On the furler, I clamped a ratcheting block on the forward leg of the push
pit and mounted a cam cleat on the deck below...works great, the block
eliminates the temptation to use the winch in heavy weather and takes
pressure off of the cleat.

Our jack lines go down each side from the bow cleats and are tied at the
stern cleats. That is a compromise between going over the side tethered or
unclipping as you go forward and back.

I purchased two folding pad eyes to bolt to the deck in front of the wheel
and considered running the jack lines through the cabin top grab rails to
try to get them inboard more keep me aboard, but haven't decided to buy the
double clip tethers needed to safely unclip.

Chris Burti
Commitment #867
Farmville, NC



On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 3:34 PM Michael Leschisin <
mleschisin at imagestudios.com> wrote:

> Hey Guys,
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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,
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> Michael
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> Michael Leschisin
> #995, Wild Blue Yonder
> Menominee, MI
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