Nah, you're not insane. But you ARE broke now. <grin>. Shhh... don't tell anybody, but my boat has Harken 44 two-speed self tailers for the jib sheet. The 44:1 gear is for me, and the 30:1 gear is for the guys.... but you know, the guys are so lazy that they use the 44:1 all the time.
Judy B 1977 C27 TR #3459 San Francisco, CA ________________________________ From: Doug <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 12:11:05 PM Subject: [IC27A] Re: How do you cleat your sheets? Thanks all. I ordered some harken cam cleats.... And now Just ordered new Lewmar 30STs from Catalina direct:) - am I insane? They will take about a month to show up. I was thinking of relocationing them further aft but not sure yet. I leave the sheets on deck ready to snap onto whichever sail I hank on. --- In ic...@yahoogroups. com, "Doug" <dj2...@...> wrote: > > Sneaked out of work early again (its becoming a habit;) as the wind was 5-10 > steady from the NE. Hanked on the 150 genoa and headed out to the lake. The > C27 sails real nice with that size sail in that wind, almost hands off. > Now to my question. The stock winches are Lewmar 10s w/rubber self tailers > with a cleat aft. I actually found it easier to not use the winch and luff > the headsail and cleat. What is your upgrade? Have you switched to cam cleats > instead of the regulate cleat? upgraded the winches? What do you find to be > the best way to 'cleat your sheet', especially when single handed? > Doug > 5053 >
