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albert
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Initially Posted - 02/27/2002 :  03:35:12  Show Profile  Visit albert's Homepage
I'd like to run all lines aft, but I don't want to spend $300 (A couple of 3-line clutches, deck organizers, and blocks, etc.)

I'm looking for low cost alternatives. For example, I saw a setup that used a horn cleat and a couple of inexpensive cams mo
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 02/27/2002 :  08:31:58  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Albert,

Here are some low cost opinons...(and I may be the biggest cheap A@# bast@#d on this site)

1. No need to run reefing lines aft because you have to get up out of the cockpit to tie down the sail anyway.
2. I used the catalina direct Base p
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jm
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Response Posted - 02/27/2002 :  09:11:09  Show Profile
YOu could save on the up-dated/up-graded mast base plate and use an
eye bolt with eye-nut as a replacement to the standard mast bolt. Then you can attach your blocks/swivels to each side.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 02/27/2002 :  12:30:53  Show Profile
I have to gently disagree with Duane's #1. Always run the reefing line back to the cockpit - it is the quickest and safest method of reefing. Also, it is not necessary to tie down the sail with those little lines. I had a sailmaker tell me he loved to see
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John Mason
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Response Posted - 02/27/2002 :  14:34:04  Show Profile
When I installed the deck organizers, I did the over sized drilling, epoxy and redrill, then thru-bolted and used the large stainless fender washers as backing plates. The oversized drilling doesn't have to be much larger than the finished hole size, the
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 02/27/2002 :  16:41:44  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
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I have to gently disagree with Duane's #1. Always run the reefing line back to the cockpit - it is the quickest and safest method of reefing.
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Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/27/2002 :  21:28:56  Show Profile
Hi Albert...

I'm just getting into the same project. Here are a few of my conclusions so far:

- The best solution at the base of the mast is the inexpensive plate from Catalina Direct. Its advantage is that the mast and rig hold everything down.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 02/28/2002 :  00:12:24  Show Profile
Duane - quite frankly, we ignore the "slop" (someone once told me a way to tuck it - but it never seems to work!) In need-to-reef conditions we are usually too busy to worry about it - and it doesn't seem to cause problems.
It isn't the steady "excessive
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