[Rhodes22-list] Update on IMF outhaul/furling running rigging changes made over the winter

[Reuben Mezrich]

Peter
Thanks for the quick detailed response
I'll get to work
--Reuben
Reuben Mezrich
Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston
Cell: 410-499-8922


On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 11:10 AM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Reuben,
>
> The exit block I used was a 'Harken 29mm Thru-Deck Bullet Block' (Harken
> model #287, Defender item #604915).  This mounts to the boom with a screw
> or bolt at each end.  I made a new slot in the boom for it because the
> existing slot was too long.
>
> The blocks at the mast were sized for 1/4" line.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
> > On 2021-12-06, at 09:43:46 EST, Reuben Mezrich wrote:
> >
> > Jesse
> > I'm planning on making the same rigging changes you described for the
> furling
> > and unfurling lines and have a few questions.
> > Peter Nyborg cut a new hole in the underside of the boom to place an
> exit block
> > for the furling line. Did you do that or just add an exit block to the
> hole
> > that's already there (which would be my preferred approach) Do you
> remember
> > which exit block you used?
> > Do you remember what size blocks you used, both for the lines coming
> along the
> > mast and then at the base of the mast?
> > Thanks in advance
> > --Reuben
> > Reuben Mezrich
> > Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston
> > Cell: 410-499-8922
> >
> >
> >
>
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