Didn't have to make the change -- never had a mast winch to start with. This sounds like prep for single-handing. If that's the case, make sure you install lazy jacks, too. That way the main has something to hold the sail when you drop it.
I replaced the double on the traveler with a triple w/becket and cam cleat. Now my mainsheet goes back to the traveler rather than to the mast. That cam cleat is the only cleat I use to hold my mainsheet. It has never let go on me in 6 years of use. My main halyard is internal, but exits at the base of the mast, going to the same turning block that your mainsheet goes to. You have a block at the mastbase that you can use to direct your main halyard to the turning block. I have a stopper just forward of the starboard cabin-top winch to hold that halyard in place. That winch is only used for the main halyard. I need to update my pictures, but you can find some here: mywebpages.comcast.net/sailrmann or on the c27 website pictures. Bob Mann -------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all, Here is another in the series of the many questions I will be asking. I am considering changing the way the main sail is hoisted and the way the main sheet is controlled. The Current configuration of the main sail and the main sheet are as follows; The main is hoisted from the winch on the side of the mast. (must leave the cockpit to do so) The main sheet is controlled from mid boom to a traveler then to a block at the base of the mast out to a turn block then back to the cockpit via a winch & cam cleat. I would like to use the turn block winch & cam cleat to raise and lower the mail sail from the cockpit and would like to add a cam cleat to the large fiddle block that is attached to the traveler and main sheet. My concern is being able to haul in the main sheet with just the pulley arraignments. and hold it with the new fiddle block and cam cleat (Basically by hand) The goal here is the raise and lower the main form the cockpit to do it as economically as posable Has anyone made this change? Ted Pinelli 5082 Andiamo AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
