Main sheet twist

[Jackdaw]

Mainsheet position is a direct tradeoff between performance and convenience. The farther forward, the more convenient. The farther aft, more performance. You can of course make anything work, but you're not changing the underlying rule.

 

[FastOlson]

Nailed it, Jack. Short and to the point.

BTW, anyone else here ever ponder the leading of the sheet thru a a 6 part Harken set of blocks.... and have to finally look at their diagram on-line to get the end of the sheet to come out the the correct sheave??

Yeah, it's probably just me....

 

[jssailem]

Yeah, it's probably just me...

Real men read instructions.

 

[Ken13559]

My Traveler is on Bimini top and Mainsheet do ocassional gets twisted as shown by Mark M. Not really an issue. Just untwist it if it becomes a restriction to sheeting. Not a problem.

Ken Y

 

[All U Get]

So as far as the line construction goes, was the core braided or straight line fibers? Was the end cut fused together with heat? Had you ever washed the line? My thinking is that the braided line was supposed to be better than three-strand to reduce twisting.

 

[Kingjim91]

Jim, it's NOT StaySet.

Mark, good luck, hope this works for now, please let us know. Try swapping ends while it's out.

Not a big deal, but see post #14. It’s not StaSet X.

 

[Sailfanatic]

I ditto the recommendation to switch to New England Salsa, its a soft line, easy on the hand and impossible to kink or twist. Plus having a Dyneema base, you can downsize to 3/8" width which greatly reduces the friction in the block system.

Salsa is discussed here

 

[Charlie Jones s/v Tehani]

I used Sta-set X to re-rig a customers boat-ONCE. I'll never use it again

 

[Bobalong]

I too have a C30 that for years twisted. Spent many a quality hour untwisting it. Then an old salt pointed out the block's set screw. That was 6 years ago, no more twisting. Block slides on the bail relieving strain.

 

[Stu Jackson]

Not a big deal, but see post #14. It’s not StaSet X.

Thnx Jim, you're right, I missed that. Should have know by the nice knot he made on the becket.

 

[Mark Maulden]

looked into salsa and it‘s a little pricey. My main sheet is 75’ long. And I’m not sure I would want 3/8 line. Seems kind of small in the hand for size of boat. 3/8 is largest available for salsa. There are other “high tech” ropes that are also pricey. I tried another tact with the admiral on moving the traveler back where it should be. Didn’t get very far there. So, I emailed Samson with some questions, criteria, boat usage. Their reply was within a day and they highly recommended XLS 3. I use this for the Genoa sheets and really like it. XLS is where I’m leaning right now. Kudos to Samson for quick response at 10:00 pm last night. We are on same time zone.

 

[All U Get]

I made my own line using 3/8 dyneema 12 strand and then where my hands pull on the line, I used the outer jacket of an old double braid line. I just had to fish the dyneema inside.