ted_reshetiloff
Contributing Partner
I have the boom off and home while doing a bunch of varnish work and am going to rebuild it. All the plastic sheaves in the ends are tired and I'm upgrading the mainsheet blocks. I took out the outhaul last night and found it to be 4:1 via a couple of fiddle blocks and some wire. I plan on keeping the wire where it exits the boom as it seems to last longer in the sun, but the internal parts I was going to upgrade. The outhaul exits the boom and comes back to a horn cleat on the cabintop now. If there is any sort of load on the sail the 4:1 is useless. I plan on losing the horn cleat and going to a cam cleat but I also need to up the purchase. I was thinking of 8:1 via a cascade but don't know if I should look to do more?
Then theres the vang. Currently have 4:1 there via fiddles running back to the cockpit to a clutch. Maybe I have the line run wrong because the lead is just not very fair this way, but thats another story. How much vang do I really need on this boat with mid boom sheeting and a max (per phrf) roach main. I was thinking 12:1...
Then theres the vang. Currently have 4:1 there via fiddles running back to the cockpit to a clutch. Maybe I have the line run wrong because the lead is just not very fair this way, but thats another story. How much vang do I really need on this boat with mid boom sheeting and a max (per phrf) roach main. I was thinking 12:1...