Hi All, The weather has been fantastic so I've been on the boat a lot. As tends to happen to most of us I assume, I'm out there cruising along and I start musing about the sails, the rigging, and the performance...
1) The owner's manual for my C270 shows the main sheet block and tackle set up with one line that also runs to the boom vang and then back to the starboard side sheet-stopper right beside the main halyard. Mine is set up with the main sheet separate from the boom vang. There's a slip cleat for the main sheet on the traveller as you'd expect, and the vang has a slip cleat too for its separate line, and nothing is routed back to the cockpit. Is there any reason for the PO to change it this way? If I change it back to original, and I need to run the line to the cockpit, do I need to remove the cover, or can I just fish it through with a wire? Does the cover come off with a few screws from inside the cabin? 2) The blocks for the foresail sheets look very nice but don't seem to work well. The sheet is always binding when released for a tack. It seems to me that the block should swivel because the sheet is pulling a little sideways to the winch. Or am I missing something? Now I'm off to the boat. Yet another day of 30 degree heat, nary a cloud in the sky, and 15 knot winds on Lake Ontario. Ahhhh..... <g> ...Ron (C270 #329 Oculus)
