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I crewed on Mac Gray's boat which had an extensive system for leading
lines back to the cockpit. I don't remember the rig, but the boat is
abandoned at my marina, so I'll check it out and report after I go down
next time - when the snows from our latest blizzard recede.<br>
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Bob Kirk<br>
Isobar #181<br>
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At 10:20 AM 2/23/01 -0500, Mike Lehman wrote:<br>
<font face="arial" size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>I used a #10 Barient
but they're out of business. Right now, I am helping Tony Fortnam with
this same project on his boat and he purchased Lewmar #8's. On my boat I
used cheek blocks mounted to the base of the mast, about 8-10" up so
to get a good lead to the deck organizer then back to the winch. The
cheek blocks are mounted on teak blocks that I made to the curve of the
mast. It's important to have a fair lead in all directions. You do not
want the halyard to contact the cheeks of the blocks due to friction and
chafe. On Tony's boat we plan to use a either 1. a block shackled on the
bail at the base of mast or 2. a standup block with a spring mounted to
the deck (ref: Schaefer 506-62) or 3. a hinged halyard block mounted to
the mast (ref: Schaefer 506-32). Then to a fair lead, then to the lewmar
#8 winch. The Jib halyard will be led down the port side and the
spinnaker halyard, pole lift and foreguy down the starboard side. The
winches are mounted on teak mount blocks which have been angle cut to
keep the winches as close to level as possible to prevent overrides (I
haven't quite figured out how to cut these round blocks of wood at an
angle yet). The old jib halyard winch that is mounted on the mast will be
moved to the starboard side to help when reefing. I'll take pictures when
it's done and post them, if George will let me.</font></blockquote><br>
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