[C320-list] Cleats and Lines

[Michael Leschisin]

Thanks guys,

Some good ideas here


Michael Leschisin

> On Nov 1, 2018, at 5:44 PM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I simply bought the correct size for 5/16 line.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris Burti
> Farmville, NC
> 
> From: 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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