Garhauer
Edward: Garhauer has a 10 year guarantee on the blocks. You should return the broken ones for replacement. Items in your summary are why I like the 3 block system on the traveler car as opposed to the single triple block. The Garhauer blocks (fairlead especially) I used had a deep "V" so the line never rode up as you described. One advantage I had when I lived in So Ca was I got to "test drive" a lot of the new stuff Garhauer produced so my blocks were constantly being upgraded. The deep "V" was one of my suggestions as the jib sheet was riding on the edge of the block and I did not like that - neither did the jib sheet!! The following is an off shoot of this discussion and not part of the problem. It is directed to older C30's (80's vintage). On those boats the original mainsheet blocks are wasted by this time and loaded with friction making them near impossible to deal with. One solution is the Garhauer mainsheet conversion kit. I forget how many blocks you get with the kit - I think it is 5. Anyway, one of those blocks is placed at the junction of the boom and the mast and is used to guide the mainsheeet to the block at the base of the mast. If you have a rigid or soft vang that block is unnecessary. It's purpose is to keep the area under the boom clear. It serves no purpose if you have a rigid or soft vang as the area is blocked with those devices. If it is eliminated it is just one less friction point to deal with. You can bypass that block and run your mainsheet direct from the boom block above the traveler to the block at the base of the mast. In other words, follow the path of the soft or rigid vang.
Edward: Garhauer has a 10 year guarantee on the blocks. You should return the broken ones for replacement. Items in your summary are why I like the 3 block system on the traveler car as opposed to the single triple block. The Garhauer blocks (fairlead especially) I used had a deep "V" so the line never rode up as you described. One advantage I had when I lived in So Ca was I got to "test drive" a lot of the new stuff Garhauer produced so my blocks were constantly being upgraded. The deep "V" was one of my suggestions as the jib sheet was riding on the edge of the block and I did not like that - neither did the jib sheet!! The following is an off shoot of this discussion and not part of the problem. It is directed to older C30's (80's vintage). On those boats the original mainsheet blocks are wasted by this time and loaded with friction making them near impossible to deal with. One solution is the Garhauer mainsheet conversion kit. I forget how many blocks you get with the kit - I think it is 5. Anyway, one of those blocks is placed at the junction of the boom and the mast and is used to guide the mainsheeet to the block at the base of the mast. If you have a rigid or soft vang that block is unnecessary. It's purpose is to keep the area under the boom clear. It serves no purpose if you have a rigid or soft vang as the area is blocked with those devices. If it is eliminated it is just one less friction point to deal with. You can bypass that block and run your mainsheet direct from the boom block above the traveler to the block at the base of the mast. In other words, follow the path of the soft or rigid vang.
)the mainsheet works admirably well. And we shot up in the placings during the last race!! What a difference it makes if you can work the mainsheet properly!