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Devon
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Initially Posted - 03/03/2006 : 16:23:46

Greetings - First timer here...

We purchased our boat at the end of last season on a trailer, completely un-rigged. It's a 1980 Fixed Keel Standard Rig. I think I have most of the rigging figured out, but I have a couple of questions. I haven't put up the sails yet, but it looks like the jib sheets are led to the cockpit through blocks then to the winches - but then there's only a cleat, no cam-cleat or chock. Is that where you secure the jib sheet? Doesn't seem like it would be too easy to adjust in a hurry. It's been 2 years since sailing my father's Cat 22 and I just can't remember. Also, there are two separate blocks on a track attached to near the aft end of the boom - I think they may have something to do with reefing or ??? Pictures seem to help me since I don't know all the terms. Thanks in advance.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/03/2006 : 16:48:34

Welcome Devon! Your jib sheets will go outside the shrouds to a block on the track along the edge of the deck, and then up to the winch. The placement of the block depends on the size of your jib/genoa and, for best performance, the wind conditions. Generally, you want the block to align the sheet perpendicular to the forestay. Alas, the horn cleats by the winches are all Catalina provides, and it does leave something to be desired (like $elf-tailing winche$). I added cam cleats, positioned so I could hook the sheet coming from the winch under one horn of the standard cleat and then snap it into the cam. The horn keeps the sheet from pulling up out of the cam. Others have added clam cleats--the kind with the groove with "teeth" on both sides.

The function of the blocks and track on your boom depend on where the track is positioned. The mainsail on a C-25 leaves a good 18" or more of "unused" boom to improve the angle for the end-boom sheeting. If the blocks can be positioned somewhat aft of where your reefing clew (the aft-most reefing eye) would be, then that's what it's for. The two blocks might be for sets of reef points--do you know if your mainsail has two sets? There might be an eye-strap on the opposite side of the boom for each block--that's for the end of the reefing line (with a stopper knot) which goes up through the reefing clew, down to the block on the other side, and forward to a cleat on the boom, or all the way to the mast and back to the cockpit. It's also possible that the aft block was used for the outhaul. I don't think that track is stock--it was probably added.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/03/2006 : 18:51:33

Congratulations Devon...Welcome to the forum?

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Devon
 I haven't put up the sails yet, but it looks like the jib sheets are led to the cockpit through blocks then to the winches - but then there's only a cleat, no cam-cleat or chock. Is that where you secure the jib sheet? Doesn't seem like it would be too easy to adjust in a hurry.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

For years, I've used the horn cleats to secure my genoa sheets, but I don't use them in the conventional way with crossovers and half hitches, instead I just use two round turns to secure the sheet. My cleats and sheets are such that I can take two round turns on the cleat, give it a slight tug, and it will hold the line all day. To undo, simply spin it off.

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Devon
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Response Posted - 03/03/2006 : 22:45:03

Hi, thanks for the welcome and the help! It's great to have a resource for answers to the many head-scratching questions this boat has aready given me. I did manage figure out some and got boat in the water and moored at a cabin I have on a lake on the coast of Oregon ... and got the mast stepped. It's still very dirty and I'll be spending this weekend cleaning & waxing. But I'm sure when I actually raise the sails there will be more questions, if the weather cooperates sooner than later. Thanks again!

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/04/2006 : 12:44:31

You're welcome, Devon... We northeastern sailors are more than willing to offer our opinions, for what they're worth, while our cockpits are full of snow. So keep those questions coming, and tell us about what it's like to have a boat in the water!

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