[Public-List] Running Genoa Sheets

[dickdurk at atlanticbb.net]

Turning blocks thru bolted to the toe rail. We installed 
ours after installing a second pair of winches. The 
original winches (now our spinniker winches) are mounted 
farther aft and didn't need a correction in lead to be 
fair.

MichaelGrosh
#220

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:02:53 -0400
  Jeffrey <alberg30nh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone with an old style boat care to chime in? How do 
>the old stylers
> run their genoa sheets?
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Gordon Laco 
><mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
>> It would flog a heck of a lot... and the genoa sheet 
>>block must be low on
>> the track.  If you raise the block, the lead to the sail 
>>will be wrong.
>>
>> G
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26-Sep-09, at 9:55 PM, crufone at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gord and Jeff,
>>>
>>> How would a shackle or a lanyard of line to raise the 
>>>Genoa turning block
>>> to feed the sheet directly to the winch work?  Has 
>>>anyone tried this?
>>>
>>> Michael #133
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
>>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all"
>>> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:53:29 PM GMT 
>>>-05:00 US/Canada
>>> Eastern
>>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Running Genoa Sheets
>>>
>>> Hello Jeff,
>>>
>>> We had the same problem in SURPRISE.  We cured it by 
>>>fitting foot
>>> blocks to the life line stanchion bases just aft of the 
>>>primary
>>> winches.  The genny sheets lead from the clew of the 
>>>sail, to the
>>> sheet blocks on the track, then back to the foot 
>>>blocks... only from
>>> there do they go to the winch.
>>>
>>> Doing this ensures that whatever position the sheet 
>>>blocks are in, the
>>> sheet is set up at just the right angle to feed cleanly 
>>>onto the sheet
>>> winches.
>>>
>>> In order to minimize friction, I use rather large blocks 
>>>in the foot
>>> block position.
>>>
>>> Cheers - Gord
>>> SURPRISE #426
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23-Sep-09, at 1:33 PM, Jeffrey wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> We're having a great time sailing our Alberg on the Main 
>>>>coast. One
>>>> issue we haven't worked out is how to best run the 
>>>>sheets with a large
>>>> headsail. With the sheets running through blocks on the 
>>>>toerail, the
>>>> angle is such that the sheet winds itself down the winch 
>>>>and piles up
>>>> on the winch stand. I'm running the sheet from the sail, 
>>>>to the block
>>>> on the toerail then directly to the winch. Is this 
>>>>correct???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Fongemie
>>>> #116 Seagrass
>>>>
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