Hi Ron- I suspect you have a cockpit traveller. I don't think it is possible to use the kind of system you are describing with a bridgedeck traveller due to insufficient room between the boom and the traveller. If I am wrong, I would love to see pictures of how it is done. Dave
On Oct 4, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Ron Casciato <rjcasci...@comcast.net> wrote: > Ken: I have the same arrangement on my 38MKII, but I added a 4:1 lighter > system in the original line up to the becket of the 6:1 system. You can find > this outline in Harken’s catalogue in the mainsheet drawings. My system > alleviates the rope clutches and winch and allows easy trim and release since > the final system is now 24:1. I think I’m now at 3/8” line for the fine trim > arrangement an 7/16” for the mainsheet system. > > Pics available if interested………… no additional deck hardware required………. > > Best > > Ron C. > Impromptu > C&C 38MKIIC…. ‘77 > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ken Heaton > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 12:13 PM > To: cnc-list > Subject: Re: Stus-List 6 part mainsheet and also traveller location > > The system David described below is what we have been using for our > mainsheet. Our traveller is in the cockpit on the bridgedeck behind the > companionway. It is double ended with one end running to the rope clutches > and winch on the cabintop. The other end goes to a 6:1 at the traveller. It > works for us. > > The boat seems to have been built with a double ended system but with one end > terminating in a fine tune system like the one Michael Clow shows above, > except the fine tune blocks and line were hidden inside the boom. It was > changed to the system we have now by a previous owner. > > Ken H. > > > On 2 October 2013 21:58, David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Update on my mainsheet rig. I have altered the arrangement to something I > think is dramatically better. I found that the 6:1 was not sufficient in > higher winds, which we have had alot of lately (not complaining). Not only > could I not sheet in tight enough, I could not release it from the load on > the cam. I thought I could run the sheet to a coachtop winch to increase > power when needed, but the downward angle does not work as the sheet rides up > on the winch. The solution was simple: a hybrid of the new triple and the > old system. I re-rigged the old blocks so that I now have a double ended > arrangement. I don't have the end stopped at the becket on the triple. I > now have the line running 6:1 through the triple/cam on the traveller, then > forward along the boom to the block on the mast, down to the deck and back to > the clutch as it used to be. In lighter winds, I use the cam on the 6:1 > triple block to control. In heavier winds I use the clutch end and run it to > one of the winches on the coachroof. Worked great last weekend. The only > problem is that the 50' mainsheet I bought is not really long enough. Dave > > > > David Knecht > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > <image002.jpg> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com David Knecht, Ph.D. Professor and Head of Microscopy Facility Department of Molecular and Cell Biology U-3125 91 N. Eagleville Rd. University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 860-486-2200 860-486-4331 (fax)
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