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Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle

Posted by John Ibele on 10/12/2008, 9:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle"
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Hey Dave, mcibeles@comcast.net should do it. You may have a note in your email from me if your email hasn't changed. I sent an email using the last email address I had for you. If not I'll resend the note when I have your updated email. Thanks again. -- John --Previous Message-- : John, Send me you e-mail address and I : will forward you some pictures that : Pat Crump sent me that show the : cleating of the control lines under : the centerboard well cap. : : --Previous Message-- : Thanks Dave as always. I understand : your explanation of end boom : sheeting and have seen enough photos : to figure out how to do the rest. : Thanks for the confirmation of split : main - I'm assuming that someone at : APS will know exactly what to do : with that general information. I : can't see the exact blocks that are : shown on the Pinnel and Bax site, : but I can just use a few rings to : hold the sheet up under the boom. : : One additional question has to do : with how the cleating of control : lines on the side of the centerboard : is done. I see the fore / aft slots : in the top of the cb case on the : Pinnel & Bax boat, but don't see : the right cam cleat to use, unless : people use the RWO lance cleats. : These look kind of expensive for : what you get, but it seems like : these would work. Let me know if : there's a standard practice here, : otherwise I'll improvise. : : --Previous Message-- : 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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Message Thread: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - John Ibele 10/6/2008, 12:23 pm Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - dwhite 10/7/2008, 6:55 am Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - John Ibele 10/8/2008, 9:05 pm Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - dwhite 10/9/2008, 9:53 am Re: Rigging Question - traveler --> bridle - John Ibele 10/12/2008, 9:50 pm « Back to thread

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