[C320-list] Cleats and Lines

[Allan S. Field]

See: https://www.westmarine.com/buy/harken--stanchion-mount-base--339234?recordNum=5


-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 15:43
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cleats and Lines

Allan, what do you use to connect to the stanchion? Which stanchion did you use? 

Ted Harrison

> On Nov 1, 2018, at 6:33 PM, Allan S Field <allan.field at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
>