Great info Chuck. Thanks. Dave Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 27, 2021, at 5:11 AM, Joel Delamirande via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > Thks chuck no ranting for me and great information > Sorry what the sheaves or where is it > Thks for Thks the time to write >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:43 AM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> I'd like to share something most of you know but some may not and it's >> something I learned the hard way. Before hoisting sails for the first time >> this season, check that all your blocks and deck organizer sheaves turn >> properly and the sail tracks are clean. Use a finger to check that the >> sheave turns freely in each block. Things work easier if everything >> actually works, and if you do this the sails will thank you. >> >> Earlier I reported that I raise the mainsail on my 36 ft saiboat by hand. >> Well I couldn't do that when I first got my boat and needed to use a winch >> on halyards. My sailing friends told me that was normal and winches were >> always necessary to hoist such large sails. My mainsail weighs only 55 to >> 60 pounds, so I thought they might be wrong. Later, I spent some time >> checking all of the mast base halyard blocks and freeing a few frozen >> sheaves in the deck organizer, I found I could raise the mainsail by hand >> very easily. These sheaves are deceptive when frozen and allow a halyard to >> pass unimpeded initially when there is no load, but once the strain comes >> on, if they are frozen, the halyard becomes bar taught and the job requires >> a winch. I also learned from reading the winch catalog that the largest >> loads; the genoa and main halyards work best if reeved along the most direct >> path to the right side of a winch drum. So now I pick the clutch directly >> in line with the right side of the Starboard winch drum for my main halyard. >> All my winch drums turn clockwise. My genoa halyard is reeved through the >> clutch directly in line with the right side of the Port winch drum. I run >> the spinnaker halyards through the outermost clutches and all the other >> lines have lower loads so can be run as you like. And I label the clutches. >> >> I also hoist the Genoa by hand onto the furler and because I clean the foil >> grooves and spray the sail tabbing with MackLube, it goes up pretty easily. >> The lube also allows easy adjustment of the halyard tension when shaping the >> sail while sailing. I usually pick a lightwind day and extend the genoa >> halyard so I can wrap the tail round the winch drum and lead it to the bow >> where I feed the sail into the groove as I pull the halyard. I can clear >> any snags as they develop and the sail goes up happy and quick. >> >> So clean and lube your winches and the clutches too. >> Mark your halyards so you can repeat proper settings. >> These things make operating the boat so much easier. >> >> Sorry for the long rant. >> >> Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R, Pasadena Md >> >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with >> the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - >> Stu > -- > Joel Delamirande > > www.jdroofing.ca > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
