[C38] main sheet

[William Knowles]

Joe if I understand you have a setup like a 5 to 1
vang but instead of ending in a cam cleat it goes
forward and back to the cabin top winch. I still have
the original curved track and going to replace the
traveler hardware. I found that once the sail is
trimmed moving the traveler up and down is all it
takes until you go past 90 degrees, but trimming is a
pain. Thanks 

Bill
--- Joseph Launie <jlaunie at cox.net> wrote:

> William Knowles wrote:
> > Has anyone used a different mainsheet
> configration?
> > Like a 6 to 1 block set up directily on the track?
> Can
> > the track stand the strain or do you have to stay
> with
> > the factory set-up. 
> >
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> On Macavity we have changed both the mainsheet
> arrangement and the 
> traveler control lines. We have 5 or 6 to one thru
> blocks between the 
> car and boom. The mainsheet then goes forward to a
> turning block which 
> runs it aft along the deck (and under the dodger
> when that is on) to the 
> starboard winch on the cabin top. I ripped out the
> side blocks on the 
> traveler car and rigged 6 to 1 control lines which
> also go to turning 
> blocks running them underneath the dodger to cleats
> on the cabin top. On 
> Macavity we have replaced all our Gerhowser blocks
> with Harken. The most 
> difficult change but the best was to install Harken
> adjustable tracks 
> and cars for the genoa sheet instead of the
> original. That installation 
> was a long story (I commissioned the boat myself)
> available on request. 
> Joe Launie, Commodore, Cat 38 International Assn,
> Macavity, #365.
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