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Posted by dwhite
on 10/7/2008, 6:55 am, in reply to "Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle"
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MOst end boom sheeting rigs use a mainsheet that splits and then the tails are either attached onto a small fairlead about a foot from the transom or a hoe is drilled down through the rub rail and the tails are just fed through the holes and then tied off under the rub rub rail. The sheet then runs through a single block at the end of the boom then through a single block somewhere near the middle of the boom then through the mainsheet pulley and cleat on top of the end of the centerboard case. For lighter or younger skippers you can run the sheet down from the boom to a double block on the main sheet cleat back up to a double block on the boom then back to the double block on the cleat then through the cleat for additional purchase but as it has been pointed out to me this will increase the amount of sheet you will have in the boat and really the average person doesn't need that additional purchase but you have to make that decision and set your boat up for what works for you. When I skipper I don't have a problem with it but when my daughter skippers she gets tired real quick as she doesn't have the arm strength. You will have to go to a strong vang system to make the sheeting system work correctly but there are many good pictures showing both the end boom system and matching vang system on the web. Go to the UK site and there is a good series of pictures dealing with several of the rigging sysytems on the Fireball. Also the Pinnell and Bax site has a good series of pictures showing the proper rig of a fireball and the end boom sysytem is clearly shown and easy to follow. They also show how to run the sheet internal of the boom which is cool if you want to get that drooping sheet off of yoru neck during a tack or gybe. Hope this helps.
--Previous Message--
: US6735 will be going back in the water
: next year with a new deck...done
: except for the tankside top panels
: which are the easiest. In scouring
: photos for current rigging
: direction, I decided its time to
: ditch the mid-boom traveler for a
: bridle. This was a traveler set up
: without a hoop, so lots of vang
: sheeting with this setup - to the
: point where the vang would go slack
: with the main anywhere near close
: hauled.
:
: I understand how a block could be
: placed on a bridle to allow 3:1, but
: it looks as though most boats don't
: show a block at the top of the
: bridle. Are most folks using 2:1,
: and if so, with a split main or with
: the mainsheet just terminated at the
: top of the bridle?
:
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