Joe;
Not sure that my experience with my 38 is comparable to your 35, but suspect there isn’t a huge difference in sail area or loading. I have a 3:1 mainsheet arrangement on a bridge deck traveler. All the hardware and the traveler are Garhauer. The mainsheet is arranged so the upper end of the sheet goes forward under the boom, down to the deck, and then back to a clutch and Barient 25 self-tailing winch next to the companionway in case someone needs to grunt the boom in during heavy winds. (It’s the same winch used for the main halyard.) When I was racing regularly, my 75ish year old mainsheet trimmer had no real problems with the 3:1, but then we used the 6:1 Garhauer traveler for most of the fine adjustments other than at a mark rounding, and I could feather the helm to reduce the effort when he was trimming in winds above about 12-14 true. The block/cam cleat on the mainsheet and the 6:1 traveler lines are both set up so it is easy for me to adjust from the helm when single handing – which is what I do most of the time. I suppose we’ve used the Barient winch for the main sheet a half dozen times or so in the past few years. My main reason for going with 3:1 vs. something more complex like a 4:1/16:1 was to keep a 70 or 80 foot long mainsheet out from underfoot (or tangled up down the companionway or tangled with the traveler lines). Of course, YMMV. Rick Brass Imzadi C&C 38 mk2 #47 la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 #225 Washington, NC From: Joe Della Barba via CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2022 11:13 AM To: 'Stus-List' <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List C&C 35 Mainsheet Has anyone changed their 35 to a multi-part tackle and cam cleat that you operate from the traveler back at the helm instead of the stock system that runs a line up to the mast and back to a cabin top winch? Would 4:1 be enough or would 6:1 be better? My preventer is a pretty big 4 part and cam cleat setup, it just about looks like it could do the job. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I Kent Island MD USA
