[Alberg30] mainsheet

[George Dinwiddie]

If you're not replacing the traveler, how the heck did they come
up with $500 worth of blocks?  What are they recommending?

I prefer 1/2" line because it's easier to handle.  The basic
4:1 tackle you describe is pretty standard.  The only real
improvement I've seen to that is to attach the halyard to
the becket with a snap shackle.  Then you can release the
snap shackle in light air, reducing the tackle to 3:1 (the
snapshackle catches at the next sheave, effectively turning
it into a becket).  This is the way Cy Fishburn rigged
Kittiwake.

 - George

> J Bergquist said:
> 
> I would like to get a new mainsheet and block setup. I went to
> Harken's website and did their compu-spec, and they came back with
> about $500 worth of blocks, which is a budget-buster for me. Has
> anybody got any recommendations on what I should use? I am planning
> on using a fiddle with cam and becket on the traveler and a fiddle
> on the boom, which should be 4:1 purchase, I think. I have end-boom
> sheeting, which I assume most if not all of the rest of you have.
> Any recommendations on what size sheet I should use? I am thinking
> at least 7/16" and maybe 1/2", but the guy at Bacon's said I could
> get away with 3/8". I'd like to race the boat, but I will be cruising
> as well, pretty much exclusively on the bay. If I leave the bay,
> I would probably be prepared to buy a new setup. So I don't really
> need offshore level durability. Any comments on whether I should
> use sheave blocks or roller bearings?

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  George Dinwiddie                             gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
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