Re: Stus-List Running Rigging Diagram

[Russ & Melody via CnC-List]

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 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/drive/u/0/folders/0B3H_qPPkESLKbjNNaXpfc2NBdUE>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.

--
Andrew Means
S.V. Safari - 1977 C&C 34 Mk I
Seattle, WA
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