I'm trying to do a better job of shaping the sails on an O'Day 25, Ctr/Brd, with the help of Don Guillette's charts.
I'm also just a bit lazy when it comes to dealing with unhandy controls and my crew is just about as old as I am, thus not so agile in jumping up to the mast to tweek the outhaul as she once was.
My thought was to move the five controls aft to a new bridge over the hatch along with the traveler. Make that four controls to the bridge, leaving the outhaul flying on mid boom so as to not interact with the cunningham.
To avoid the time and inconvenience of a winch--- just grab and jerk using clam cleats would be nice--- a purchase on each line would be necessary.
This is what I had in mind:
Jib Tack Downhaul 2:1
Jib Clew Downhaul/Tweeker used to tension jib leach and/or to inhaul 3:1
Main Cunningham 4:1
Boom Vang 6:1
Main (loose footed) Outhaul 6:1
Do these purchases seem about right? What would you suggest? Different approach?
All comments would be most appreciated.
Geohan
I'm also just a bit lazy when it comes to dealing with unhandy controls and my crew is just about as old as I am, thus not so agile in jumping up to the mast to tweek the outhaul as she once was.
My thought was to move the five controls aft to a new bridge over the hatch along with the traveler. Make that four controls to the bridge, leaving the outhaul flying on mid boom so as to not interact with the cunningham.
To avoid the time and inconvenience of a winch--- just grab and jerk using clam cleats would be nice--- a purchase on each line would be necessary.
This is what I had in mind:
Jib Tack Downhaul 2:1
Jib Clew Downhaul/Tweeker used to tension jib leach and/or to inhaul 3:1
Main Cunningham 4:1
Boom Vang 6:1
Main (loose footed) Outhaul 6:1
Do these purchases seem about right? What would you suggest? Different approach?
All comments would be most appreciated.
Geohan