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[Wayne from Joliet]

My friend just obtained a 31 center cockpit and I have been tagging all the halyards and fittings for him. I'm cool with everything but the traveler/main sheet assembly. I have what appears to be a mainsheet unit having two double blocks with snatchs, one with a fairlead and cam cleat, and a three to one purchase but only with enough line for the boom to extend to maybe a broad reach, no where near a free run. I have nothing for the traveler but a single swivel block with becket on the starboard side over the aft cabin and a single swivel block on the port side. The starboard side swivel block has a camcleat with fairlead near by, along with a horned cleat near by. Nothing else. Anyone have photos or descriptions of how this puppy is rigged?

Wayne from Joliet

 

[Shoaldrafter]

Wayne from Joliet,

I encourage you to sign on to the forum instead of just being guest.

Finding information on these older boats is often challenging. O'Day apparently often changed suppliers making different boats in the same model.

Or keep the same parts in closely related models. You might study O'Day's on both sides of your model and you just might find the information that will work for you.

This site has archives and Capt' Herring your host has gone the extra mile trying to keep old information.

There is some relevant information on your boats sisters on this page:
http://oday.sailboatowners.com/inde...id=257&cat_id=127&aid=7702&page=article&mn=25

While not listing your boat it does give you information on main sheet lengths for its close relatives and jusy might give you guidance as to correct length for your main sheet?

Ed K
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[LANCE ON CLOUD NINE]

I am just making a guess here, but look at your boat and see if this makes sense- I think you are on an O'Day 32 center cockpit. Some I have seen use line in sort of a combination traveler and main sheet. It should run from side to side, up to the boom in an "inverted V"-and then back. The spliced (looped end) attaches with a clevis pin to the tab on the block that is on same side of boat as cam cleat . The bitter end of line goes up to one sheave (pulley) on the boom and then over to block on other side of boat- then bring it back up to boom and through remaining sheave- then down through original block and then through cam cleat. This takes a long line and when set up properly will allow the boom all the way out. (your long peice of line might be missing) I think the short line you describe may be a separate boom vang sail control.