Increase the Sheaves in Deck Organizer

[Steve Carpman]

We own a 1991 Legend 37.5. Eight control lines are brought back to the cockpit, four on each side. There are four sheave line organizers and line stoppers on each side of the coach roof. We would like to add a fifth position to one side. Has any one done this? Is there sufficient room under the spray hood and under the travler track for the fifth line? How difficult is it to increase the number of sheaves in the deck organizer? Do we need to tap new screw holes into the deck plate?Our boat is 280 miles away and I can not easily examine the hardware. She is a 1991. Does anyone know the manufacturer of the line stoppers and deck organizers for the 1991 Legend 37.5.

 

[Terry]

Steve, I had the same problem on our 1991...

P42. All eight clutches were in use when I added the spin halyard. I had to move the outhaul from inside the cockpit to a mast cleat to free up a clutch. So, from port to starboard I had the topping lift, spin halyard, reef two, genoa halyard, boom vang, reef one, main sheet, and main halyard. I wanted to move the outhaul back into the cockpit to make trim changes. So, I moved the topping lift back out to the mast cleat to free up a clutch for the outhaul. Since our boat has the Dutchman flake system I needed to be able to either tension or release the topping lift, which is why I had it through a clutch in the first place.Rather than run the topping lift into the cockpit through a line clutch I tied the mast end off at the mast cleat and added a double purchase block arrangement at the end of the boom. In order to make it work I installed a single three inch turning block with becket on the end of the topping lift, and a single three inch ratcheting block with becket and cam on the end of the boom. This block configuration gives me the purchase I need to lift the weight of the boom from the cockpit while the cam holds the boom up when the main is down. Once I raise the main I can quickly release the topping lift to allow for proper main shape. The alternative was to add a nineth line clutch and a nineth line organizer (double row...not sure it would fit under the hood) at considerable expense.If you adjust your topping lift from the cockpit now, this is a way to free up an organizer and line clutch. Terry