The preventer setup describe is exactly what we used on the boat we sailed back from Maui to Victoria this summer. The control lines for the spin pole were also used for preventer, one on each side. The preventer lines ran along the boom and were stored at a cleat on the boom near the gooseneck when not in use. Simply uncleat, attach to the end of the spin control line, and you then had preventer control in the cockpit. We didn't get much chance to use it during the mostly upwind crossing, but when we did, it worked well and minimized the need to go on deck.
-- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 8:29 AM Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > The first test of the 4:1 mainsheet was a resounding success, it works > great in light/medium air. I still need to grab the 6:1, I can see this > being beyond my strength in heavy air. This brings up a new issue, the > preventer. Since what was my preventer is now my mainsheet, I did not have > a preventer and really hate running wing and wing without one. I rigged up > a temporary solution running a line from the boom to a block on the rail > and back to the cockpit. That worked fine and was IMHO a lot safer to deal > with than releasing a preventer by going on deck and getting if off the > boom. I could have rigged lines to both sides and had it set for either > tack from the cockpit. > So has anyone rigged a preventer system like that you don't need to be up > on deck to use? > Has anyone just forgotten about it and used a boom brake instead? I have > figure-8 stainless boom brake device I have not ever got around to rigging. > > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina >
