main sheet

Yesterday while racing we jibed without sheeting in the main first- mistake. Gusts were in the low 20s and the pad eye riveted inside the boom to hold the main sheet block broke. I used a couple sail ties and made a bridle on the boom so we could keep sailing. I’m thinking of a dyneema boom...

We‘ve been using the main sheet set-up as it came with the boat, but it seems to me there are too many points of friction along the main sheet path. We have a rigid vang (gerhauer) and a boom brake/preventer (Walder), all from PO. The main sheet leaves its pulley system at the traveler and runs...

Hello All, I'm thinking about buying a new mainsheet system for my Ericson 30+. The old (possibly original) mainsheet system is an old, pretty beat up Schaefer fiddle block with becket and cam with (2) single blocks on the boom. The (2) bails are about 3'-4' forward of the the end boom. In...

http://www.harken.com/rigtips/Reeving_Diagrams.php I just found this while searching for a larger and easier-to-read version of the diagram for my main sheet configuration. These are great PDF drawings from Harken, for several different block setups. You can d/l any or all and print 'em...

Greetings .... this is my first post .... please be gentle .... Bought a '76 E27 last weekend in Newport, OR ..... it has the split cockpit (but the wheel has been removed) with the main traveler mounted on the cockpit divider. So the block will be at the end of the boom. One of the many...