[Public-List] Main Sheet

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Hi Richard,

I'll see how my "sack of sheet" works when the bag arrives from Defender...

Thanks for the input

Wes

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 3:43 PM, <richard.hazlegrove at wellsfargo.com> wrote:

> Wes,
> I have one of those blue mesh sheet bags that I attach with three snaps to
> the bulkhead directly behind the tiller.  I think it came with suction cups
> but I swapped them out for snaps.  It actually works very well.  A few
> quick coils of any excessive sheet stuffed in the bag always seem to flay
> back out when needed without any issues.  As an added bonus, I have Harken
> fiddle blocks with snap shackles on each block.  When not sailing I unsnap
> the blocks from the boom and traveler and store them in the bag in a
> cockpit locker. My main sheet is 18 years old and looks and feels brand new.
> Richard Hazlegrove
> Quest 433
> Mobjack Bay, Va.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wes Gardner via Public-List [mailto:public-list at lists.alberg30.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 8:26 AM
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> Subject: [Public-List] Main Sheet
>
> Hi All,
>
> My main sheet consistently lies in the bottom of the cockpit behind the
> tiller and gets hung up on the bolt through the tiller head.  No matter
> where I seem to toss it down the dang thing gets hung up when cracking off.
>
> I've ordered a sheet bag, does anyone else have them?
>
> I was also thinking of making some kind of "fairing" around the tiller
> head or something such that the sheet would slip free.
>
> Wes
>
>