These blocks were in the bottom of the sail bag with a Genoa I acquired. Where are they used? I've never had these before.
Where are these blocks used
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Those are snatch blocks which can serve various purposes. If they were in the genoa bag the PO might have used them to adjust the sheet lead forward or aft. It depends on how your boat is set up but the cheek at the upper part with the sheave can be opened up and put on the sheet while it is already run and the lower part with the shackle can be attached somewhere along the toe rail (again, depending on how your boat is set up).
You can search sailboat snatch blocks or something like that to get more info.
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You can search sailboat snatch blocks or something like that to get more info.
What are yacht snatching blocks
Yacht snatch blocks are a heavy-duty pulley inside a Carbon casing. They are an incredibly useful rigging tool to have on board a sailing yacht, because they can be placed on a line without threading the line through the cheeks.
equiplite.com
Those are snatch blocks which can serve various purposes. If they were in the genoa bag the PO might have used them to adjust the sheet lead forward or aft. It depends on how your boat is set up but the cheek at the upper part with the sheave can be opened up and put on the sheet while it is already run and the lower part with the shackle can be attached somewhere along the toe rail (again, depending on how your boat is set up).
You can search sailboat snatch blocks or something like that to get more info.
.What are yacht snatching blocks
Yacht snatch blocks are a heavy-duty pulley inside a Carbon casing. They are an incredibly useful rigging tool to have on board a sailing yacht, because they can be placed on a line without threading the line through the cheeks.
I assumed that was what it was for. That makes sense, the Genoa came from an s2 with aluminum toe rails. My catalina has tracks and cars for the jib sheet blocks.
Snatch blocks are extraordinarily expensive. Take good care of them.
The side of block can open so the block can be attached to the middle of a line when the line is secured to a cleat at one end and the sail at the other. Handy if you want to change the lead of an active sheet.
The side of block can open so the block can be attached to the middle of a line when the line is secured to a cleat at one end and the sail at the other. Handy if you want to change the lead of an active sheet.
I pulled one out this morning to run my spinnaker sheet back to my winch. Works like a charm and I didn’t have to feed the long length of sheet through the block.
Greg
Greg
Snatch blocks. Use them when I reef my 150 genoa, which is often. No adjustable genoa sheet track. They attach where needed along the aluminum toe rail.
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Those wooden ones are almost a collecteor’s item. I would clean them up and oil them to make them purty.
Another use would be for short sheets and/ or barber hauling. Hang onto them!
Another use would be for short sheets and/ or barber hauling. Hang onto them!
I use them to run my preventer back to the cockpit. Handy little buggers. Lots of uses.
Survey is done and the buyer is set to go ahead with the purchase of my boat, Trav'ler. I have had her 18 years. In my 50 years of boat ownership I have hit all but one port on L Michigan, and all ports I can get into on L Ontario. Also did the North Channel, Trent-Severn, and Georgian Bay. It has been a good run and caps 50 years of boat ownership for me. This is on top of 3 or 4 BVI charters, Belize, the Keys, and a return to the North Channel this past summer. It's been a good run, but I am hanging it up at 74. I just don't have the confidence in myself to go cruising anymore. Also, I am tired of working on boats. I have done virtually all my own work over the years and proud of that. I pretty much gave the boat away, but the new owner is excited and I think he will take good care of her.