Hi Andrew,
I think you should tell that novice crew member,
"Release that black & yellow line going to the
top of the sail, ease the mainsheet and then,
Wrap that red line three times clockwise around
that winch and crank until I tell you to stop." <VBG>
Seriously though, you could put them on the wheel
and get it done right then take back the helm. If
short of experience I often give the helm to
someone who can follow directions and I do the
work. In this manner I have full control of the
boat. Not really suitable for racing of course as
speed will suffer but at least things are more in control.
Whatever you do, please have a nice discussion
afterwards and tell them the proper names for the things we do on our yachts.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet mk-1 35
At 11:38 PM 11/04/2016, you wrote:
Hi all -
Thanks in part to the great advice everybody
gave on
<http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/2016-March/083340.html>this
thread I think Iâve 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/drive/u/0/folders/0B3H_qPPkESLKbjNNaXpfc2NBdUE>https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3H_qPPkESLKcHpHZVJhVzQ1TDQ
Ideally Iâd 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 Iâm the
only one who knows how to sail. Being able to say to a novice crew member:
âWrap that red line three times clockwise
around that winch and crank until I tell you to stop.â
is so much simpler than asking somebody to climb
on deck and wrestle the dog bone over the reef
hook (âwh- what?â), or trying to shout
instructions while Iâm on deck trying to
wrestle the dog bone over the reef hook.
In these diagrams Iâve 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
weâll 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 Iâll be happy to send it over.
--
Andrew Means
S.V. Safari - 1977 C&C 34 Mk I
Seattle, WA
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