Welcome to the forums.ahoy , on a 2003 Hunter 216 boom there are two blocks going to a single block on the cockpit deck . Has any one reconfigured the original setup to a single block on the boom , with the same mechanical advantage ?
My thoughts exactly....perhaps to not overload on a single point on the boom???
Do have a photo of the traveller setup you had?My H216 was setup with a rope traveler by the PO between the transom cleats, as is often shown as a mod on these forums. The main sheet ran from the deck, through both standard blocks (along the boom) and turned at a block on the traveler before returning to the deck, for 1/2 the designed mechanical advantage (I think) as it did not return twice to the deck. It made sort of an arch over the tiller. It worked fine and I never felt overpowered given the sail size and wind conditions that you can use this boat in. Immediately after selling the boat, the next owner returned it to the original design, so there's no accounting for taste. If you just move the blocks, it won't be hard to return to the original configuration if you don't like it.
No, sorry. It was just a set of opposing single blocks terminated at the docking cleats, with the ends of the falls led to cam cleats mounted on the inside of the cockpit. The two interior blocks were shackled to a ring in the center, and another single block was attached which served as the halfway point for the sheet. The sheet ran from the normal place on the deck, up to the first block on the boom, along the boom to a block mounted on a bail almost over the transom (this was a new addition), down to the turning block, and back to where it came from at the large snatch block in the cockpit.Do have a photo of the traveller setup you had?
Thanks for this. I started drawing this out and am stuck trying to understand the part I quoted above.The sheet ran from the normal place on the deck, up to the first block on the boom, along the boom to a block mounted on a bail almost over the transom (this was a new addition), down to the turning block, and back to where it came from at the large snatch block in the cockpit.