Jake, There's one small difference - and I know you know this too - tightening the halyard cups the leech; tightening the Cunningham just brings the draft forward. Significant when you're looking for that extra 2/10 ths of a knot! sam :-) 403-617-6280
Sam, Good catch, just like tightening the halyard…only from the bottom. I’ll claim a senior moment. Jake From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of sam.c.sal...@gmail.com Jake, The Cunningham doesn't flatten the lower third of the mainsail. It moves the draft fore and aft as the wind changes. The outhaul flattens the lower third. sam :-) 403-617-6280
Ray, The cunningham runs from a cringle a foot or two above the main tack fitting down to deck level where it is often directed via turning blocks to a cleat or stopper near the companionway. It serves to pull down on the main, flattening the lower third of the sail in higher winds. I have always seen them run back to the cockpit, but I suppose they could just as well tie off at the base of the mast to a small cleat. I just haven’t seen one done like that. My boat has a hook attached to the end of the cunningham so we can remove it when stowing the main (rolling it up). Does that help? Jake Jake Brodersen C&C 35 Mk-III Midnight Mistress Hampton VA
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Raymond Macklin I purchased a 1985 C&C - 33 and I am missing the cunningham. Does anyone have a diagram of where it runs on the boat or could explain it to me. Thanks, Ray Macklin Libertyville, IL LakeHouse | |||
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