Joe, First, I have a Harken carbo ratchet block and like it. It's probably a HAR 2135. I find it most useful when unfurling the headsail. I use it primarily to keep tension on the furling line so it coils tightly on the drum.
Second, ratchet blocks work best when the turning angle is about 90 degrees. If a configuration can't approach that, the ratchet block is essentially useless. Having said that and to answer your question, you don't need one. I could easily use a wrap or two on a secondary winch and achieve the same benefit as a ratchet block. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:04 PM 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 > > >
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