aya16 wrote: . . . not trying to bad mouth the dealer only didnt want my many hours spent working on my boat tossed aside . . . you went and hurt my feelings.....
Me either ... not bad-mouthing the dealer at all. Simply pointing out that raving endorsements are just .... raving, I guess. "Skin in the game" is what makes an endorsement credible.
Mike Inmon occasionally makes useful suggestions on the Sailnet list.
Last comment: Hes just a dealer not my brother in law or uncle.
"God I love the smell of napalm in the morning"
or
"Fun fun fun till her daddy takes the T-bird away"
Might as well bring this thread to a conclusion...finally installed the mainsail halyard aft on our M. I mounted a cheek block on top of the stock mac cleat (fit perfect). Used a larger block at the base of the mast (installed on deck), and used a powercleat by the winch. I think I need to add the wedge to the powercleat to give a better angle of attack on the sheet though.
I have only tried it on the trailer for now. Appears to work quite well. Have to see how it works in real life. (I don't plan on using the winch as the powercleat recommends against using it with a winch...and I don't appear to need it. Not even sure if I could use the winch the way it is installed)
Paul,
Appears as though this might be impractical for your angles. However, leverage on the cheekblock bolts increases for the upper block. Therefore, your best bet is to run the halyard (greatest loading) through the lowermost of those cheekblocks. The dagger line is so lightly loaded that it can better use the upper block in your stack. I saw this in Garhauer's recommendation for their stacked deck organizer, too.
Frank C wrote:Paul,
Appears as though this might be impractical for your angles. However, leverage on the cheekblock bolts increases for the upper block. Therefore, your best bet is to run the halyard (greatest loading) through the lowermost of those cheekblocks. The dagger line is so lightly loaded that it can better use the upper block in your stack. I saw this in Garhauer's recommendation for their stacked deck organizer, too.
I can't imagine it makes that much difference. It appears to work flawlessly..then again..swapping the lines in the blocks is a 10 second change anyway. I do see what you mean though.
But there is a good amount of force lifting the daggerboad just the same almost 6' long and filled with water...not sure which is a greater load.
Paul's setup is almost identical to mine which seems to work well. I was originally using the lower cheek block for the halyard but I switched to the upper because it was a little cleaner but it worked well both ways. I think I'll take Frank's suggestion and move it back to the bottom to reduce the leverage on the cheek block.
