I think I see what you're saying... a bit hard to visualize without pictures. But it sounds like you moved the forwardmost deck lead to the mast collar, and then from there to the boom you skipped / eliminated the forward-most lead on the boom (where the line would normally go vertically almost straight up to), going instead to a mid-boom (slightly aft of vang) block?
I think the angles on that would work. One concern I had with that - that makes the sheeting angle at the mast collar block acute? As in about 45-60 degrees, rather than 90 degrees or so? I thought 90 or more was advisable since sharp acute angles exert higher loads. Although I guess that just means use a strong enough block. It sounds like most people's solutions end up abandoning the deck-mounted turning block behind the mast collar. The only downside to that is my mast collar is getting crowded. But I think I can free up room by moving the jib halyard forward stbd one position. -Patrick On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 9:00 AM, <cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com> wrote: > From: Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:23:49 -0600 > Subject: Re: Stus-List How to attach a rigid boom vang on LF38 > Patrick — I scratched my head on that one for a little while, too; but I > finally realized that the mainsheet does NOT need to follow the boom all > the way to the mast. I have two fiddle blocks attached to the bottom of > the boom to spread the mainsheet load from the fiddle block on the > traveler. From the forward one of those blocks, the line then angles down > to the mast collar, where it turns on a block to head back to the cockpit. > So the mainsheet basically parallels (and is beneath) the Garhauer rigid > vang, which is mounted to the boom ahead of that fiddle block. > > — Fred > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( >
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