[C320-list] Mastbase mainsheet block

[Jeff Hare]

We did this as well, but we knotted the starboard side and have always used the port winch for the mainsheet.  This way, the mainsheet doesn't get closed in the head hatch.

-Jeff 

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From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of sail-ability at sympatico.ca
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Mastbase mainsheet block

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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