Josh, A nice and compact solar arrangement.
totally off topic. In your pictures I noticed an interesting main sheet tackle arrangement. It looks like a 2:1 going to the cabin top winch and 8:1 (?) (4:1 + 2:1) at the traveller. Do you find that you use the winch a lot? Different boat (smaller), but I changed the two-ended arrangement and removed the end going to the cabin top winch. My original set-up was 4:1 with one end to the winch. I replaced it with 3:1/6:1 (https://1drv.ms/i/s!At7BtDHoAfRtnW5Qt2KYoqX45pRR) and got rid of the line going along the boom to the mast and back. In the process I freed one clutch (that I use now for the vang). Less clutter and very simple in operation. A side benefit is that you can sheet the main in quite quickly with the 3:1 (pulling on both lines) – quite handy when gybing. And the 6:1 allows for very fine tuning. Btw. I noticed that you are a fan of Garhauer (;-). Btw2. I also noticed that you have one sheave on the bottom block free. I guess you played with your arrangement a bit. I imagine you needed a becket on that fiddle block to attach the secondary tackle (the 4:1). Marek 1994 C270 “Legato” Ottawa, ON From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 02:39 To: C&C List Cc: Josh Muckley Subject: Stus-List Flexible solar install Hey y'all, Here's a link to my latest solar install. Two 100w flexible panels. ~$150 each on eBay. I've been getting about 1000WHrs per day. Keeps my beer cold. Happy to answer any questions. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pEh5lnvP1yLXU5RzRyWjZXTDA Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD
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