Steve,
Hopefully I'm seeing it correctly. Looks like a 4:1 mainsheet purchase. (Count
the turns.)
Easiest, cheapest fix (not prettiest, not best) - move the existing double
block to the aft bail on the boom, replace it with a triple block on the
traveler car. POOF! 6:1 purchase instead of your current 4:1.
Personally, I'd add another single block and bail on the boom between the two
existing blocks and replace the double on the car with a triple to get a 6:1.
This is a more standard configuration and will spread the load better on the
boom.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
>________________________________
> From: Stevan Plavsa <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 10:33 AM
>Subject: Stus-List Cabin top traveler and mainsheet setup
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>
>Newish owner of a C&C 32 and I've been wondering about my mainsheet
>arrangement lately. Seems I don't have enough purchase, the winch is always
>required and this is the only boat I've ever been on that the winch is
>required to handle the main, maybe this is a normal thing, I don't know
>because I'm not that experienced and this is also the only boat I've ever been
>on with a cabin top traveler.
>You can see my arrangement here:
>http://newimages.yachtworld.com/resize/1/82/59/3648259_0_20110606112912_4_0.jpg?f=/1/82/59/3648259_0_20110606112912_4_0.jpg&w=600&h=450&t=1317658943000
>
>
>That is not my boat, just another C&C 32 I found on yachtworld but the setup
>is the same except that i have the added complexity of a dodger.
>What are my options to make sheeting the main easier on my crew? Right now
>it's a PITA so the crew is reluctant to make minor adjustments in sail trim
>which annoys me but i kind of understand .. especially when it's blowing 15+,
>the winch is a one speed non tailer and the crew is generally my 120lb
>girlfriend :)
>
>
>scenario:
>"ease the main"
>"don't make me ease the main if you're just going to get me to harden it again"
>"baby, just ease it until it luffs and then bring it in a touch"
>
>
>Five minutes later I have nearly the correct sail trim.
>
>
>
>
>Is the winch always going to be necessary or can I add some tackle and route
>the line somehow so that it's easier and more accessible? I come from a Mirage
>24 that had a bridgedeck mounted traveller and the main sheet on that was a
>piece of cake, one hand on the tiller, the other on the sheet. I'm not
>expecting that kind of setup due to the location of the traveler but surely
>there is a better way.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
>
>
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