Joel: Consensus seems to favor routing the line back to the cockpit and I would certainly agree....You didn't mention the size of your boat, so I'm not sure my system would be effective. My 38MKIIC boom has the outhaul line exiting the underside of the boom near the mast and is routed down to a block at the mast partner and then through a deck organizer to the stopper.....one advantage of that is that you can use the winch located on the cabin top to do adjustments when the load is too great for hand hauling.
However, the line that exits the mast is run into my boom through a 4 purchase set of blocks ...one double block up front and a second double one further aft. That aft block has a becket that had the "wire" portion back to exit out of the aft end of the boom for the outhaul shackle..... I found that after 10 years of this arrangement, the boom kept getting chewed up by the shackle when the outhaul was adjusted....so this year, I replaced that portion of the outhaul with a 6-7' section of Amsteel gray 3/8" West marine for short money for a spectra like line......that line now exits the aft end of the boom and is "tied directly to the main clew. The system works very smoothly and the Amsteel line has more strength than the original wire/rope configuration..... Good luck with your conversion, Ron C. Impromptu C&C 38MKIIC....'77 Mass Bay _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 3:23 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Outhaul Sounds like you're close. Mine is external to the boom but runs to a block on a padeye on the aft side of the mast then to a stand up block on the deck then to a Spinlock PowerCleat by the companionway. Functionally the same set up as you describe. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA _____ From: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:25 PM Subject: Stus-List Outhaul While my teak is bleaching in the garage, I need some advice on my outhaul. It currently runs to the front of the boom through 2 sheaves back into the boom and exits the bottom of the boom between the vang and mainsheet where there is a cam cleat. When I replace my clutches I could run it to the base of the mast, through the new line organizer to the clutch. It is the original wire and rope line. I plan to replace it with 3/8 StaySet. Suggestions? -- Joel 301 541 8551 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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