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Earl Landers
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Initially Posted - 07/13/2002 :  01:37:16  Show Profile
I need to replace my mainsheet and the existing sheet appears to be grossly too long. I don't know what the PO had in mind, but when the boom is touching the aft lowers I still have a pile of line in the cockpit. Am I missing something? Can anyone give me an approximate length for a standard rig C25?

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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 07/13/2002 :  09:42:19  Show Profile
Hey Earl,

The factory supplied the C25 with 75 feet of 3/8" mainsheet (I use Sta Set). The reason being that with this length a skipper can use the mainsheet to help raise or lower the mast.

Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/13/2002 :  23:40:18  Show Profile
Whew! Now I can cut a bunch of ours off! With a fin keel, no trailer, and yard storage, we'll never use it for the mast.

Thanks Earl and Bill...

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette "Passage" in SW CT
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Earl Landers
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Response Posted - 07/14/2002 :  00:44:12  Show Profile
Thanks Bill, now all I have to do is cut off the other 100 Ft as my current mainsheet is close to 200 ft long???

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Randolph G. Wilson
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Response Posted - 08/04/2002 :  22:25:51  Show Profile
More on the mainsheet question: How long is really necessary if you're not using it to raise and lower the mast? Also is 3/8" necessary? Would 5/16" do as well?
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 08/04/2002 :  22:57:46  Show Profile
Randolph - for a minimum length try this:_
the boom is 10' long (more or less), when it's fully eased the aft end is 10' out. The mainsheet is the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle (I knew 2nd grade math would come in handy one day!!)So 1 "strand" of the sheet is the square root of (10 squared + 10 squared), or 200 or 14.14'. If you have a 3-part tackle you need 43' + enough for the tail. (I bought 60' in case I want to go back to a 4-part tackle - and the surplus drapes all over the cockpit and I don't have the heart to cut it, it's Vectran...)
The sheet is 5/16" diam. and is perfectly adequate.
Derek
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 08/05/2002 :  17:26:41  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
I agree completely with Derek's C-25 mainsheet math and the reasoning behind it. I prefer the feel of 3/8" halyards and sheets even if they are stronger and heavier than the minimum required. For light air, 5/16" would be comfortable enough for me. I use the less expensive New England Ropes "Sta-Set" and Sampson "XLS" for running rigging, but I don't race.

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