should have bought an old design boat where the sheeting arrangement makes sense!!!!
i had to slide that in since this is about the ONLY time the the old design really trumps the new design boats!! if we can get gene neill onto his soapbox this thread will be DONE!!!
Ahem ...
Yes, as much as I love the our design C22, like any boat it isn't perfect. And sadly, in a couple areas, it is noticeably inferior to the original design, IMHO.
Jib sheeting is #1 among those areas, and is my #1 pet peeve. On the original boats, you haul the sheet inboard, toward yourself, the way God intended for it to be done. On the new design, you have to pull the sheet
aft,
across your body, which is a very weak, awkward, and physiologically dangerous way to pull on something. Short of adding self tailing winches (are you listening, Santa?) I can't imagine a "good" way to cleat the jib sheets on a new design C22. Watercolors may have the best method, which is just using the factory-installed jam cleats.
T_Cat, I like the way your cam cleat turns the sheet angle inboard, but I don't think I would like the way it holds the sheet captive, so to speak. In order to help the jib across the bow while tacking, I am in the habit of blowing the sheet off the winch entirely, to eliminate any friction. You'll have to tell me how it goes for you.
Here is my arrangement. It is almost identical to yours, except with no fairlead on the cam cleat. I don't really endorse it though, and if I were starting over, I really do think I would stick to jam cleats, like Watercolors has.
And start a piggy bank for some self tailing winches.