Hi all -
Thanks in part to the great advice everybody gave on this thread I think I’ve
got a solution for the running rigging on S.V. Safari.
See here for my entirely too detailed diagram and description:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3H_qPPkESLKcHpHZVJhVzQ1TDQ
Ideally I’d like to do 2B, even though everybody decries single-line reefing I
think it really is best for the kinds of sailing we do and the crews we have,
as very often I’m the only one who knows how to sail. Being able to say to a
novice crew member:
“Wrap that red line three times clockwise around that winch and crank
until I tell you to stop.”
is so much simpler than asking somebody to climb on deck and wrestle the dog
bone over the reef hook (“wh- what?”), or trying to shout instructions while
I’m on deck trying to wrestle the dog bone over the reef hook.
In these diagrams I’ve led the outhaul aft and left the vang & cunningham up at
the mast (although there are fairleads installed for the spinnaker downhaul on
the starboard side of the cabin). The rationale with keeping the vang at the
mast is that if we attach it with a snap shackle we can remove it and use it as
a preventer by attaching it to the toe rail when running wing & wing.
cunningham and vang are also more performance-oriented controls, and we’ll have
a more experienced crew when we race.
Well, what do does everybody think?
Andrew
PS - If anybody else is savvy with Adobe Illustrator and wants to use this to
map out their own running rigging adjustments let me know and I’ll be happy to
send it over.
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Andrew Means
S.V. Safari - 1977 C&C 34 Mk I
Seattle, WA_______________________________________________
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