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Gloss
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Initially Posted - 07/25/2004 : 09:46:09

Hi there,
I'm tired of renovating/rebuilding my kitchen.

I need to do some kind of work on my boat (other than giving her a good bath)

I want to install an adjustable outhaul, with the goal of eventually buying an Ullman loose footed, full batten main.

I see in the CD catalog that they have an internal outhaul. I wonder about having components that you can't get to.

It would be great to have the outhaul run down the mast, through blocks, and clutches to be able to adjust from the cockpit. Anybody doing this?

Frank Gloss
Formerly 89WK/TR
85 Ericson 32-3 shoal draft "Molto Bene"

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 07/25/2004 : 10:52:20

I added a 4:1 external outhaul led to the cabintop at the beginning of this season and I find that I use this adjustment a lot more since I no longer have to reach up to the back of the boom to make the adjustment. For me, it was a rather simple change since the PO of my boat had already installed the hardware along the route, I just added a couple of small double blocks and some line.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 07/25/2004 : 11:28:12

my outhaul is external on the boom and is routed to the cockpit with all the other lines. 8 lines in all !

main halyard, reef, vang, spinnaker halyard

jib halyard, outhaul, spinnaker pole lift, roller furling line

Thats 12 lines total in the cockpit (mainsheet, 2 jib sheets, 1 adjustable backstay) - no wonder I sewed bags to hold them. And I leave the docklines on the dock.

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 07/25/2004 : 23:06:15

Frank,

I built an 8:1 internal outhaul, and run my mainsail loose footed. The only thing that stopped me from leading it to the cockpit was that my boat has a sliding gooseneck. If yours has the fixed gooseneck, running an outhaul back along the usual aft controls route should work fine. I did it with my vang, downhaul (cuuningham), topping lift, and reefing lines. The 8:1 internal purchase is a cascade, with only two bullet blocks and an exit block inside the boom, as I recall. It's been in service for a couple of years, and no problems so far.

-- Leon Sisson

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