Folks-
I hope that we have seen the last of the personal attacks on this board- At least for me, this board is invaluable for those of us who want to keep our beautiful but [gracefully] aging CDs looking good and sailing well...
On to my question- I am in the process of doing some major upgrading in 'Sabine' (hull 314) and would like to hear from those who have lead the halliards, reefing lines, etc. back to the cockpit for easier single- or short-handed sailing. Jon, I have seen your excellent photos of Sovereign's experiment with placing a single winch on the port side of the storm hood along with your observation that riding turns are a problem. Have you changed this arrangement? If so, how?
Contrary to usual practice, I have always lead my main halliard down the port side of the mast to enable the use of the [factory?] mounted winch on the port side of the mast, though I would like to change my deck layout to enable raising the main from the cockpit- I have never needed the winch to raise the jib. My thought is to place cheekblocks/fairleads at either side of the base of the mast, install a winch somewhere on the storm hood, and have camcleats/rope clutches port and starboard at the after edge of the storm hood for making the halliards fast upon. Has anyone else tried this and avoided the problems Jon notes on Sovereign's web page? If not, does anyone have suggestions for an alternative arrangement for accomplishing the same result? All ideas welcomed...
BTW, I have just just had Sabine's entire deckmould Awlgripped and have replaced the fixed, aluminum-framed ports replaced with Newfound Metals' bronze rectangular opening ports and it all looks super... I will post pictures as soon as I enter the world of digital photography or will send Kodak equivalents to interested parties when all is done.
Thanks,
Bruce Lumsden
Harpswell, Maine
JLumsden@gwi.net
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