[C320-list] Cleats and Lines

[Allan S Field]

Something along this line will work:  https://www.westmarine.com/buy/harken--57mm-carbo-ratchet-block-with-cam--6840581?recordNum=7


-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of John Meyers
Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 6:21 PM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cleats and Lines

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