Rigging a 25' Mac

[Wade]

Just purchased an '83 Mac. The rigging had all beendisconnected and stowed inside. There were no diagramsand the owner was no help in untangling the mess.Some is straight forward, I have the standing riggingsorted out, how does the main sheet run? I must be missing something what I have dosen't make sense.What size is the main sheet and main halyard? Therope is all rotten and I'm not sure what goes where.thanks

 

[James Devine]

Been in the same boat

Altough my boats a mac/venture 17 I bought into a simular mess last year. The main sheet starts with a stopknot that runs thru a u shaped bracket on the port side of the transom. From there it runs up to the aft end of the boom thru a pulley there. Then back down to a pulley/cam cleat assembly on the starboard side. The mainsheet is payed from there. My main halyard is run aft and stored on the mast itself.

 

[ken]

main sheet

On my mac25 the main sheet starts on the starboard side with a stop knot at u backet. Then up to double pully on boom end, thru one pulley, then down to a single pully on port side, and back up to main, then to the pully clam cleat on starbord.  The main sheet and all hallyards are 3/8 inch.  ken