Running lines aft on 37C, I checked archives, but

[Scott Wilson]

didn't find anything specific to my boat. Mine is an '85 with cabin top traveler mounted on a raised base ( so the companionway hatch can slide under and through ). Halyards (3) are on two mast winches. The vang doesn't run to the cockpit either. Even the traveler trim requires reaching through the unzipped bottom of the dodger. The mainsheet winch is cabin top port side aft of the quarterberth hatch and was mounted on a raised base so the hatch could open a couple of inches with the sheet on the winch. I want to run halyards/vang back to cockpit, probably going through/under the traveler mount( drill holes) and running over the top of the quarterberth cabin top hatch, in such a manner that the hatch would then be non-opening. I think I have to have the rope clutches mounted aft of the hatch not forward. I figure that there is enough ventalation into the quarterberth through the cockpit hatch below the shallow port side locker. . I could run the rigging over the galley cabin top hatch, but I figure I want to keep that hatch operable to vent the big pot of Dungeness crab that sometimes appears on the stove. Not wanting to reinvent anything, how have all you long-time 37C owners done this project? Thanks for past responses on other issues. P.S. Currently, its breezy and not too wet in Seattle and you can sail with a view of snow-capped mountains. So,

 

[Debra B]

Mainsheet not in way of hatch

My mainsheet winch is mounted in such a way that the sheet does not interfere with the hatch. The sheet runs between the QB hatch and the companion way.The rest are on the mast. (no vang, a cabin-roof-mounted traveler...Mainsheet was moved out of the cockpit by a previous owner)

 

[Steve Dion]

You need some Dodger Mods.

Scott:You need some dodger mods. You will also need a couple of deck organizers, a few blocks on the mast base, some rope cluthes and longer halyards.Once you get all of these parts you should have most of your control from the cockpit.Be sure to do a lot of planning to line up everything so you do not create too much friction. I suggest that you look at the Garhauer products. They make nice stuff at a very reasonable price.

 

[Scott Wilson]

Question for Mr. Allen

I looked at the photos Ed Schenck posted showing your lines led aft configuration. Are there line organizers mounted immediatly forward of the traveler base, so the lines run "true" through the traveler base hole? What exactly did you do to tunnel through the traveler base (and make it look so good)?

 

[Ed Allen]

lines forward

1st of all im just Ed A. not mister Allen,there is a combination of fittings used to bring the lines aft. The halyard for the main runs thru a pad mounted bloch on the deck and back thru a carefully placed hole cut thru the faring for the travler. this hole is is lined whith a 7/8 in. or so tube glassed into the faring and finished on both sides . not a big deal to do.The main halyard and main sheet run back to a common sheet stopper mounter behind the hatch. the main sheet does not need to come thur the faring.The port side accomodates three lines all for the staysail. !. is the sheet for the staysail boom. one is the outhaul to pull the staysail out of the furler and the third it the furler line to roll it back up.As i have mentiond to others this is not a perfect sysem. but it does work. the staysail sheet runs back forward under the boom to the base of the staysail boom then arround a block and aft thru eyes to the stopper. this is a lot of friction. and takes a good bit of effort. the outhaul runs inside the staysil boom and forward and runs aft also. the problem is thissystem blocks up both hatches. they cant be open while using either side. the winchs and the stoppers have to be mountd high. which is not the best way to mound either. they must be put in with backing plates!but if you use the staysail alot its nice. and with roller furling. easy. but it makes it alot harder to tack the jib with a furled sail on the staysail halyard. i may be using up to much area here,questions. Edsboat1@aol.com