We run a line that clips on to our vang fitting on the boom to a snatch
block on the rail and then back to winch.  This allows for a quick release
when we gybe.

 

Fred Hazzard

S/V Fury

C&C 44

Portland, Or

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel
Aronson
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 5:57 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List Gybe preventer

 

The doctor who spoke at the Safety at Sea seminar said the #1 thing you can
do to prevent injury is to rig a gybe preventer.  My mainsheet sheets
mid-boom.  I know you need a rope with stretch to absorb shock.

 

I was thinking of making a preventer as follows:

Dyneema loop around the boom just aft of the mainsheet blocks.  3 strand
nylon with snap shackles to attach to the loop and toe rail.  Is that too
simple?  Should it run through a block to a cleat or clutch?


 

-- 
Joel 

35/3

Annapolis
301 541 8551 

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