On my 33 I simply rig a mid-boom preventer to a block on the toerail and back to the cockpit.
The boom is oversized, about 11 feet and the main is fairly small and high aspect so I am confortable with this setup. A friend of mine broke the boom on is CS36 in an accidental jibe. Not fun. But yes end boom is better, as for a main sheet, and it is better to attach the preventer as far forward as possible. I have sailed on big boats with this setup were the line was on the bow cleat. About your idea, I would be worried about chaffing and damage to the sheave. Bruno Bécassine, 33 mkII Envoyé de mon iPad Le 16 mars 2019 à 11:56, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> a écrit : Mine goes form mid-boom to the toerail. I have never seen an end-boom preventer. I also have a boom brake device I need to rig up one of these days. It does not prevent a gybe, it just makes it sloooooow................ Joe Coquina On 3/16/2019 11:51 AM, Neil Andersen via CnC-List wrote: My Gybe preventer is simply a soft Vang taken to the toe rail. Works great and doesn’t require any special rigging. Neil Andersen 1982 C&C 32 FoxFire Rock Hall, MD Neil Andersen 20691 Jamieson Rd Rock Hall, MD 21661 ________________________________ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com><mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com><mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2019 11:44 AM To: CnC CnC discussion list Cc: David Knecht Subject: Re: Stus-List Gybe preventer I have been thinking aobut rigging a preventer on my boat so re-read this old discussion of how people rig them. End boom attachment sounds preferable, but does that have to run outside the shrouds? If so, then you would have to rig it before letting the main out while you can stlill get to the end of the boom. Then, how do you gybe when you want to? I have a single reef point on my new main, so I have an extra internal boom line and sheave from the second reef setup that exits at the rear of the boom. I am thinking that if i put a long enough line with a snap shackle at the end where it exits the boom, I could use that as a preventer. Before letting the main out downwind, you would grab the shackle and run it forward to the toe rail near the bow and clip it in and then have control from the stopper on the cabin top. Thoughts? Dave PS- No expectation of offshore/big waves racing in my future so this is a cruising/club racing solution S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT [cid:4073BE72-4704-4EA7-8EBA-B73B833F502B] _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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