[C320-list] Mastbase mainsheet block

[sail-ability at sympatico.ca]

My 1999 main sheet goes through 2 blocks which are slightly aft and about 12” each side of the mast. The boat was originally rigged with half the sheet starboard the other half port so U could work either side.   Didn’t like it so knotted off the port side at the turning block & work the sheet entirely from the starboard. 
JohnM
1999#574

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> On Oct 20, 2019, at 4:40 PM, Bob Hoyt <rehoyt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On my 1994 Catalina 320 the mainsheet goes straight to a block at the
> center of the base of the mast. The issue is that the sheet gets caught
> under the middle hatch as it travels back to a turning block and then the
> cam cleat. I realize that I can simply be sure the hatch is open when I am
> sailing but this is not always practical, particularly in inclement
> weather. I have tried to look at options around the mastbase but haven't
> found any. Have others used an eye to divert the mainsheet laterally or
> whatever solutions are practical?
> 
> Bob Hoyt
> Ikigai
> 1994 Hull #58
> Pensacola, Fl
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