On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 2:18 PM ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 4:1 is not enough in heavy air. As you increase the purchase (6:1), you > will have more friction which makes it more difficult to ease the sheet in > light air. Also, as you increase the purchase, you will have a longer > sheet, and it will take longer to sheet in and out. I have a 4:1 purchase > plus a mainsheet winch. The winch gives me the extra strength I need in > heavy air, and the 4:1 (rather than 6:1) lets me sheet in and out faster. > You have to decide what is more important for you. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > Where is your main sheet winch located? Is it self tailing? > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 9:37 AM Joe Della Barba via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I just now unrigged the mainsheet and replaced it with a 4:1 mainsheet >> and cam cleat that I had as a preventer for a proof-of-concept. The >> preventer has been on the boat for so long I forgot where it came from, but >> looking at the mainsheet systems online and at Bacons it became obvious >> this IS a mainsheet so I decided to try it out. So far it has only got a >> light air test, I am loving the lack of friction compared to the stock >> system that goes up to the mast and back to a winch. >> My question is this; will 4:1 be enough? Bacon's has a 6:1 mainsheet for >> a reasonable price, I can buy that and send the 4:1 back to preventer duty >> easily enough. >> >> While I was at it I noticed the vang, one of those Quick-Vangs with a >> spring, had the line fed through a turning block far enough from the mast >> that it had a significant change in tension as the boom swung. I have no >> idea how I haven't stared at this for decades and not noticed, the yard >> installed it ages ago and I just never realized they did it wrong. Now the >> line feeds to a turning block almost at the pivot point, changes in tension >> will be almost nonexistant. >> >> >> Joe Della Barba >> Coquina C&C 35 MK I >> Kent Island MD USA >> >> >> -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
