30-1 Owners and Experts- Would you mind telling me how you lead spinnaker sheets on a 30-1? Specifically, where do you position your turning blocks, and where do you attach the inboard end of your reaching strut?
I'm getting ready to race in the spinnaker division of my club, so I'm trying to nail down my spinnaker rigging plans. I've got snatch blocks to shackle to the rail as turning blocks for the spinnaker sheets, but don't know exactly where to position them fore and aft. I assume aft of the aft lifeline gate brace, which would seem to necessitate a reaching strut for wind angles less than say 135 degrees, in order for the guy to lead fairly from the pole jaws around the beam / stanchions / etc. to the turning block. That's fine, I have a reaching strut, but I don't know exactly how to rig it. Where does the inboard end attach? Toe rail? Same mast ring as the spin pole? Elsewhere? And am I correct to assume the inboard (jaw) end of the reaching strut should face jaw pin up? That way, on the outboard end, the guard keeping the guy on the sheave is up, not down. My reaching strut is of such a length that when I attach it to the mast ring, it doesn't seem long enough to push the guy clear of the beam. I also worry about the height of it that way. It won't attach to the mast collar, and I don't want to move he turning blocks forward to eliminate the need for it. Also how do you lead your spin sheets after the turning blocks? Through ratchet blocks? To winches? Which ones? And do you use twings? I fashioned some makeshift twings using extra mast collar blocks (which may be too heavy for twing usage) with lines crudely running through the stanchion bases near the chainplates and cleating on the dorade boxes. The twings may not be strictly necessary because I have a poe down line running through a snatch block shackled to a padeye on the foredeck then through fairleads to a cam cleat on the side of the cabin top. Thanks in Advance, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO
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