I race with a 105, and cruise with a 135. With the 105, I run my sheets through a fairlead a short distance aft of the shrouds, then through a fairlead further aft, through a turning block and then to the forward winch. With the 135, I run the sheets the same way but eliminate the forward fairlead. When I'm single handing, I use the aft winch. My primaries are #28, and my secondaries are #23ST. With either winch, I use two wraps on the winch until I have some sheet tension, and then add one or two more wraps before cranking with a winch handle. Otherwise, I get overrides. The dodger doesn't interfere with the (10") winch handle. Can you sail with the dodger collapsed? Will an 8" winch handle clear the dodger? After reading about sheet angle, I'm going to try going from the fairlead directly to the winch, without using the turning block.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 4:23 PM, G Collins via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hey, this talk of winch lead angles has me pondering again the setup we > use on Secret Plans, I'm wondering what other 35-3 owners do. We > usually run the jib sheets on the secondaries (aft pair of winches) > because on the primaries the winch handle hits the dodger, and if we use > the secondaries I (while steering) can also crank the winch. The line > comes off the jib track block, back to the cheek block adjacent to the > secondary winch, and up at a horrible angle onto the winch. Which leads > to more friction than there should be. > > I'm thinking of just going from the block on the track to the winch. > > Any better setups? Cutting back the dodger isn't on the table. How do > other 35-3 owners do it? > > regards, > > -- > Graham Collins > Secret Plans > C&C 35-III #11 > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://urldefense.proofpoint. > com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwIGaQ&c= > clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r= > 9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=EOE6lkX-0Czlr_ > x0Pk0b-XrQasCgU7DGqKFUqPJ6OM4&s=tNSJ7UGxAzJTQjnvYaUN86zkf46Eb6 > eZOryKsEbieHo&e= > >
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