sheeting

Question: Is there any information within the ‘community’ regarding a mid boom main sheet? My previous boat, an E35 MKII had end boom sheeting with very trick hardware and very nice to operate. My ‘new boat’, an E38-200 has factory stock original mid boom sheeting. The end boom sheeting was...

I'm very seriously considering the purchase of a 1977 E35. Can anyone explain in simple terms what would be involved in changing the main sheeting & traveler from in front of the helm to the cabin just forward of the companionway?

I have a 1986 38-200. I've been sailing her only a year; and when I bought her, the jib sheet cars were on the railing track. I've since seen and heard that the boat is designed for the jib sheet cars to run on the inboard tracks. I tried it and found the boat tempermental in moderate wind...

Was sailing a week ago and noticed what appeared to be bend in the boom in maybe 8kts of breeze going up wind (E 38-200). I never noticed it before, but i never looked. Any concerns of a loose footed main verses bolt roped version? Seems like mid boom sheeting puts some serious loads on the boom...

I would like to move the mainsheet on my E29 to a mid-boom sheeting system with a cabin-top traveller and a 3 or 4 point purchase on the boom. It would require a cabin top bridge traveller system (with proper backing plates), which I think could sit just over the forward open area of my...