Chuck, I took a video for ya. https://youtu.be/VNUGnNAGsDo
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 12:34 PM Chuck Borge via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Josh, > That’s a cool setup. > I may steal elements of that and as Mike noted, I can always trim main on > the primaries. > Not having a rats nest on the cockpit floor is a benefit. And mark > roundings are easier with the 2:1, at least until we get to the last 20% or > so. > Next project will be making the traveler easier to adjust from the helm as > well. > It may be as simple as flopping the fiddle blocks. > I’ll take some pix this weekend for input. > Thanks, > Chuck > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 8, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi Chuck > > > > I have seen your setup on a C&C 115. The 115 typically has the main sheet > on either side go directly from traveler to aft winches but on the 115 I > mentioned it went along boom to mast and then down and back. > > > > With your current setup could you not use the primaries for the main sheet > when you wish to use the secondaries (aft winches) for your jib? > > > > Mike > > Persistence > > Halifax, NS > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>] *On Behalf Of *Chuck Borge via CnC-List > *Sent:* Friday, June 08, 2018 11:07 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Chuck Borge > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List mainsheet set-up > > > > Josh, > > Thanks for jumping in. > > <image001.gif> > For reference, it looks like this diagram. > > The traveler is on the bridge deck. The problem is the purchase. I might > add a triple at the top and move the double to the bottom. That will give > me 3:1 instead. But it doesn’t solve my wanting to trim the jib on the aft > winches. > > Before I go buy a more traditional cascading set up like the Ronstan > RP72900 4:1/8:1, I want to think it out. > > > > Best, > > Chuck > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 7, 2018, at 10:14 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Chuck, > > > > Any chance you have some pictures? I tried google and sailboatdata but > can't tell if your boat has a cabin top traveler or a cockpit traveler? > > > > Just for clarity, are you having trouble trimming the traveler or the > mainsheet? > > > > Josh Muckley > > S/V Sea Hawk > > 1989 C&C 37+ > > Solomons, MD > > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2018, 9:54 PM Chuck Borge via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > > > Anyone with a C&C 41 have suggestions on a mainsheet set-up? > > My new-to-me boat has a "German" mainsheet set-up that runs to the runner > winches. It's supposed to be the hot set-up but I'm not impressed. > > Since I'm using a 97% r/f jib, I find tacking that alone using the runner > winches to be pretty easy, but what to do with the main? Also the 2:1 > nature of the German set-up is not really that easy to trim, even with the > winches. > > I'm thinking I'd like a 4:1/8:1 more traditional set-up or a reasonable > suggestion(?). > > Thanks in advance for the help. > > > > *Chuck Borge* > > *C&C 41 Tenacious* > > *(formerly C&C 34 Elusive)* > > *Somerset, MA* > > *508-642-3557* > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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