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Initially Posted - 09/22/2001 :  10:06:00  Show Profile
I am going change my 135 to a 155 on my C250WK, does anyone know if I will require any more hardware (ie. new sheet blocks). If so, where would I place the new blocks, It seems my 135's clew comes very close to the Genoa car when sheeted in, which leads t
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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 09/22/2001 :  11:20:32  Show Profile
Hi Joel,

You will probably want to use 1" T-track so that you can adjust the sheet lead blocks forward and aft. Here's why. When you partially furl the 155, the lead block position will be way to far aft for proper trim on the jib. The bulk of the s
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Response Posted - 09/22/2001 :  14:38:04  Show Profile
<b><i><font color=blue><h4>Joel,

Those of us who have added a 155% drifter or reacher are sheeting this with a fixed block at the base of the aft stanchion. Of course, the clews are cut high so as to allow this. I doubt that the present track
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Response Posted - 09/26/2001 :  01:44:17  Show Profile
Joel,

I'm not so sure a 155% also wouldn't be rubbing against your
spreaders when sheeted in (maybe even when not so sheeted in).
Does anyone know of someone who's actually done this? Arlyn's drifter sounds like a much more practical solution.

Ar
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Response Posted - 09/26/2001 :  10:09:26  Show Profile
<b><i><font color=blue><h4> The drifter (reacher) that I have was made by Ulman Sails of Ventura, Ca. Gary Swenson is a sail consultant for Catalina and has produced several of these sails for the c250.

The sail will of course overlap the spreader tip
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Response Posted - 09/27/2001 :  11:43:15  Show Profile  Visit Tupelo Honey's Homepage
hi. i have a 150, and i've made no alterations. i suppose that even though the foot is longer, it never really comes back so tightly that the clew needs to touch the car. my only dislike is that the sheets are led back on the outside of the shrouds, ca
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