When I originally installed tracks and cars on my 25, I too had seen photos with the bungie cord on the back of the car. After several years experience with the Garhauer cars on both my boats, I still don't have the slightest clue what the bungie is supposed to do.
The normal arrangement is to lead the sheets to the genoa car, then aft to a turning block (I use appropriate sized single blocks shackled on the toe rail, since there is no room on my boats for a proper turning block), then a fair lead forward to the sheet winch. Since the sheet lead aft of the car is essentially horizontal, tension on the sheet pushes the car back to the aft end of the track. You pull the car forward with the tow line on the front of the car to adjust its position. I suppose a bungie might give a little tug to help the car start moving aft. Or maybe the bungie is supposed to pull the car back to an initial starting location when there is no pressure on the sheet. But the problem is that the bungie can exert very little force (recall the tow line has a 5:1 purchase and compare it to the bungie) and the bungie can only exert force over a very short range of travel. Most of the time I found the bungie got in the way of actually moving the car, so I quit trying to use one years ago. Rick Brass Imzadi -1976 C&C 38 mk1 la Belle Aurore -1975 C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom B Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List Adjustable genoa car Adjustable cars seem like a great deal. Some installs show a bungie attached to the aft shackle on the car to pull it aft and counteract the sheet pull. Does this result in losing the use of some of the aft track section? Tom Buscaglia A/ V Alera C&C 37+/40 Vashon WA _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
