Four winches?! - Hah
Some of them have six!!!
aft pair for the 'chute
Mains
a cabin top pair for halyards and controls
PZ #2622
-----Original Message-----
From: mkeller23173 <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 8:32 am
Subject: [IC27A] Re: Rigging questions
Yours should have one spare block under the doghouse to run the line back so it
would be fairly easy if you wanted to try.
You've got me thinking and I might try it myself now too. What I'd really like
to do is convert the mainsheet to be all one line so I wouldn't have to deal
with that cam cleat on the traveler. Having to pull the main sheet in on port
tack with that thing is never a smooth process.
One thing I'm jealous of the C27 guys for having . . . four winches!
--- In [email protected], Ron Ginter <rongin...@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mike,
>
> My boat is a 2004 as you've guessed. I also have a cam cleat at the base of
> the mast, and wondered it would work to run that line back to the cockpit
> with the cam cleat there! I guess as you say it all boils down to personal
> preference. I guess there's no harm in trying it both ways, eh?
>
> ...Ron
>
> On 2010 Jul 09, at 8:04 AM, mkeller23173 wrote:
>
> > My two cents on the main sheet/vang question . . .
> >
> > That diagram you're referring to might be old. The docs that came with my
> > boat were from the original 1994 drawings and some are just off. It's not
> > surprising since they would have tweaked a few things in the 9 years before
> > they made my 2003 boat (I'm guessing yours might be a 2004???).
> >
> > I have separate lines for the mainsheet and the vang with a cam cleat at
> > the base of the mast for the vang. I can see how the original design of
> > combining the two into one line made sense so you could control the
> > pressure on the boom (and therefore mainsail shape) from the cockpit. My
> > complete guess is that since both our boats have the same setup, that
> > Catalina changed it at some point to give folks greater control over the
> > vang.
> >
> > It's just personal preference at this point, although I rarely adjust my
> > vang.
> >
> > I believe "LE" was an early term on the 270 and denoted an upgraded model
> > (with the hot water heater, etc). At some point, I think Catalina dropped
> > LE and all the 270s had the upgraded features.
> >
> > Mike
>
