If you have a twing for your chute you can also try that instead of a snatch block. With a snatch block we use the lazy sheet to run through the block and then switch sheets.
Joel On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 3:54 PM Andrew Burton via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dave, here’s an article with pic I wrote for Cruising world. I only get > the pole out to go wing and wing. > Andy > > Andrew Burton > 139 Tuckerman Ave > Middletown, RI > USA 02842 > > www.burtonsailing.com > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > +401 965-5260 > > On Aug 20, 2019, at 15:48, David Knecht via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I have been reading about Barber Haulers to help with reaching by getting > the clew further outboard and keeping the leech from twisting off. I was > thinking of a snatch block on the toe rail and a line snap shackled to the > clew attachment point to accomplish this. However, I have also seen people > using their whisker pole on the leeward side to hold the genoa clew > outboard and up. Has anyone compared these options? The pole seems more > of a hassle, but should be more effective. Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > <pastedGraphic.tiff> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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