Dennis,
Timely input. Can I hire you as a consultant? :-)
I’ll be doing planning for a clean-sheet restructuring of the cabin top winches
and lines very soon so that I can move on to painting the decks. I have
pondered various layouts and am always somewhat dissatisfied. I’d actually like
to r
I'm always available by email. Sometimes in person. :)
I dissolved my marine repair LLC in December to focus on long postponed
tasks on Touche' and some quality sailing time. I've told my long term
clients I now give advice and do very small jobs for beer and lunch.
Been a while since I wander
Charlie, I agree. I also have two Spinlock Cam Cleats inboard of my rope
clutches for the Cunningham and outhaul, two low load lines.
http://www.apsltd.com/hardware/cleats-clutches/cam-cleats-accessories/spinlock-cam-cleats-accessories.html
These are really nice but one tip. If they aren't very
Another alternative to consider is something like my 36 XL/kcb was rigged by
the factory or the Harve de Grace yard--not sure which.
4 of the relatively low-load control lines rigged on Water Phantom (Cunningham,
vang, topping lift and outhaul) can be run to cam-cleats like the Harken 150
whi
I just did a cabin top re-configuration a couple weeks ago. All the
hardware was removed and re-installed. Gave me a clean slate to work with.
Some subtle but important considerations for locating rope clutches.
Give a lot of thought to locating the rope clutches with regard to the
winches. Yo
