Spinnaker blocks on a 376

[varigging]

So I am in the process of installing the hardware to run a spinnaker on my 376.

I am installing two Lewmar size 40 - 2 speed winches in the back near the helm. There are already pads and access areas for this, as this was a factory option. My question goes out to anyone with this factory setup. Does anyone have a photo of how the sheet guide blocks are set up? I see in the manual that they almost look like they are attached to the stations but that can’t be right. I just need to see the type of block and how they are attached to the deck. This is required to get the right angle for the winches to work properly. I would think this setup is not specific to the 376 but any Hunter that has this type of setup.

 

[Cayennita]

So I am in the process of installing the hardware to run a spinnaker on my 376.

I am installing two Lewmar size 40 - 2 speed winches in the back near the helm. There are already pads and access areas for this, as this was a factory option. My question goes out to anyone with this factory setup. Does anyone have a photo of how the sheet guide blocks are set up? I see in the manual that they almost look like they are attached to the stations but that can’t be right. I just need to see the type of block and how they are attached to the deck. This is required to get the right angle for the winches to work properly. I would think this setup is not specific to the 376 but any Hunter that has this type of setup.

Quite a few new designs have gotten rid of turning blocks and go directly from genoa car to the winch.

 

[Jackdaw]

Believe it or not, you're supposed to mount a spin block (>=72mm) on that little SS loop on the middle post of the aft pulpit.

If it was my boat, I would then wrap the loop/block combo with several wraps of 3mm dyneema and tie it off securely.

 

[varigging]

That is how I read the documentation, but with the forces at hand I reall don't want that kind of strain on the stations. Besides I think I only have one of those loops on the port side where I tie off my life sling. I was thinking of just using one of those Dyleema quick loops and attaching the block to the cleats. I figured someone on here has to be running a Spinn and would have photos of how their blocks were set up.

 

[Calif. Ted]

I use blocks with a small loop of Dyneema on the aft cleats and run the spin sheet to the cabin top size 30 Lewmars because the size 46 primaries are too big to grip the REALLY small (and light) Dyneema spin sheets I'm using now, just a thought.

 

[Paul356]

I've had harken 3" blocks on the loops on the arch on my 356, no problem. I run the sheet up to the cabin top winch. In the winds that you're likely to encounter using a chute, the strain on the sheet is manageable. It's not like the strain on the jib sheet.