No expert, but…. I put rings on the side of the mast – about six inches above the deck – for the reaching strut, but don’t have one and never have used one. The Phrf rules don’t allow you to attach them to anywhere but the mast, by the way. I have not found a need for a strut, simply because we have rather short races. My spinnaker is large and round and high-shouldered, so it doesn’t reach all that well, but with the twings I can control where the sheet and guy rest against the stanchions. I believe the rules on reaching struts is they are not supposed to go outside the width of the boat. That’s why I don’t bother. If I did more long races I would want to explore a strut and put the rings a little higher.
As far as the turning blocks… mine are ratchet blocks - on the rail just in front of the attachment point of the pulpit. I put a small cam cleat on the flat part of the cockpit surround nearby, so we could have the spinnaker sheets held tightly against the side of the boat until we were ready to use them. I have a winches at the original location and others about a foot forward and use the forward ones for the genoa and the aft for the chute. Often we pull the sheets off of these winches and use the ones on top of the cabin. I upgraded those to Anderson 16’s. I have twings which are attached about two feet ahead of the gates on each side. These have an opening block at the end of a line about six feet long (cute little snatch blocks from West) and a small turning block at the rail. The line leads back to cleats right behind the gates. I know some others have the cleat further forward, but I wanted someone from the cockpit to be able to pull them in or let them out while gybing. I have a similar downhaul setup as you, except I run the line through fairleads on the sides of the dorade boxes and up to the cabin top – to a clutch. It is next to the topping lift clutch, so a cockpit person can control the ups and downs of the pole. Gary #593 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of RANDY via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 1:35 AM To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: RANDY <randy.staff...@comcast.net> Subject: Stus-List Leading Spinnaker Sheets on a 30-1 30-1 Owners and Experts- Would you mind telling me how you lead spinnaker sheets on a 30-1? Specifically, where do you position your turning blocks, and where do you attach the inboard end of your reaching strut? I'm getting ready to race in the spinnaker division of my club, so I'm trying to nail down my spinnaker rigging plans. I've got snatch blocks to shackle to the rail as turning blocks for the spinnaker sheets, but don't know exactly where to position them fore and aft. I assume aft of the aft lifeline gate brace, which would seem to necessitate a reaching strut for wind angles less than say 135 degrees, in order for the guy to lead fairly from the pole jaws around the beam / stanchions / etc. to the turning block. That's fine, I have a reaching strut, but I don't know exactly how to rig it. Where does the inboard end attach? Toe rail? Same mast ring as the spin pole? Elsewhere? And am I correct to assume the inboard (jaw) end of the reaching strut should face jaw pin up? That way, on the outboard end, the guard keeping the guy on the sheave is up, not down. My reaching strut is of such a length that when I attach it to the mast ring, it doesn't seem long enough to push the guy clear of the beam. I also worry about the height of it that way. It won't attach to the mast collar, and I don't want to move he turning blocks forward to eliminate the need for it. Also how do you lead your spin sheets after the turning blocks? Through ratchet blocks? To winches? Which ones? And do you use twings? I fashioned some makeshift twings using extra mast collar blocks (which may be too heavy for twing usage) with lines crudely running through the stanchion bases near the chainplates and cleating on the dorade boxes. The twings may not be strictly necessary because I have a poe down line running through a snatch block shackled to a padeye on the foredeck then through fairleads to a cam cleat on the side of the cabin top. Thanks in Advance, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO
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