Dave: You are correct, my system does mount on the "seat" across the cockpit immediately behind the companionway. It is my understanding that that seat is the "bridgedeck" spanning the seats from side to side...I may be incorrect, however.
I was responding to Ken's note that his traveller was mounted on the bridgedeck behind the companionway..see his note below. I also agree that the system would be difficult to install if the traveler is mounted on the cabin roof. Sorry for any confusion , Ron C. _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David Knecht Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 9:54 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List 6 part mainsheet and also traveller location 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 <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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