Interesting thread. Put me in the move lines forward camp. I’m generating schematics of new line and hardware layouts right now. And one thing that I have been mulling over for quite some time is moving most, but not all, of the halyards back to the mast. Or mast area as it may be. And one the strategies is to go back to the original layout where the halyards came off the base of the mast and went to dedicated winches mounted on the cabin top.
Right now I have two jib halyards, the main halyard, the spinnaker halyard, mainsheet, 1st and 2nd reefing lines and port and starboard traveler controls. And the there are miscellaneous lines forward that haven’t been accounted for under the old layout; cunningham, vang adjustment, and a nifty light-duty preventer line that leads from mid-boom through the boom and down to the mast base. Oh, and pole downhaul and lift. There is just too much line cluttering up the coach top and the sides of cabin under the dodger. I’ve been scouring the internets and found photos of J/40’s and J/44’s where the lines splay out to winches and line collection bags. I’m liking that. And the original deck layout for the 37’s clearly shows 4 winches. From the holes that I have been filling the former layout included one winch on the port side. Best Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> > On Dec 21, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I wonder, am I alone in the group leading lines forward? The only lines I'm > going to have coming aft to the cabin top will be the mainsheet and the > traveler lines...and I'm thinking of eliminating the traveler all together. I > just don't want all that extra spaghetti in the cockpit. Bulkheads are for > leaning against on my cruising boat! > I hate single line reeling; there's just too much friction in the system for > boats over 30' so I'm going to be at the mast when I reef, anyway. And I want > to be there to see how the sail comes down or clear any fouls as it goes up, > so I like being forward to hoist and drop the halyard. > This whole business of leading everything aft started with singlehanded race > boats and for good reason, given how they sail. But my autopilot--or > wife--keeps the boat head-to-wind just fine as I hoist. > So what's the opposite thinking from the assembled brain trust here? > Hope everyone has a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year > filled with lots of wonderful days sailing. > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > Newport, RI > > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > +401 965-5260 > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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