Agreed, I don't find it necessary. I have a nice Harken ratchet block that was given to me, but never bothered to install it, as I just tail the furling line by hand, sometimes with a bend on a spare winch if it's breezy, and it works fine. I was waiting to get a second ratchet for the other furler, but now I will probably not bother. I might add cam cleats for easier partial furling; although we rarely do that, when things do get breezy it would be nice to keep things a bit more tidy. With two sets of foresail sheets and two furling lines, and now a mainsheet moved from cabintop to blocks on the traveller, the cockpit can get messy in a hurry.
-- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 10:04 AM Joe Della Barba via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Good to know, that will save some boat bucks. The manual states the > warranty is void if you don’t use a rachet, but that timed out anyway about > 1988 or so. > > > > > > Joe Della Barba > > Coquina C&C 35 MK I > > Kent Island MD USA > > > > > > > > *From:* Joel Aronson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 4, 2021 12:03 PM > *To:* Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Cc:* Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Stus-List Re: rachet block for Harken furler > > > > Joe > > > > Happy New Year! > > I'm jealous you got out! > > No, you don't need a ratchet block, Most people I know who have them > don't use the ratchet. > > > > Joel > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
