[C320-list] Cleats and Lines

[John Meyers]

What block and cleat make and model work for the furler?

Thanks

John Meyers

On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 4:25 PM Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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,
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Michael Leschisin
> > #995, Wild Blue Yonder
> > Menominee, MI
> >
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