Joel:
I am no expert on this but if your block on a genoa track can handle a
tightly loaded jib sheet it should handle the load of the main sail from
an accidental gybe......if the preventer is fastened without any slack,
there should be no jolt in the preventer......just the pressure on it as
the main is held in place and the boat lays on its side and hopefully
runs up.
Been there done that....Marblehead Race....C&C 33 MKII....spin run,
following sea....preventer.....accidental gybe in a 5 ft. following
sea.....really ugly but the boat, rigging, sails and crew all survived.
Really wished that day we had not had a 'preventer'.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2016-04-12 3:35 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote:
The shock load from an accidental gybe?
Joel
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 2:32 PM, robert via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Bob said " I've used a block on the forward end of the genoa track
but it seems like a lot of load for such a track."
If you are connecting the boom to a block on the genoa track as a
preventer, there shouldn't be much tension at all......what am I
missing?
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
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