Sorry if this has been covered, but does anyone know off the top of their head what the main sheet, jib sheet and main halyard(led aft) lengths are for an 'M"?
I don't have access to the boat today and want to order some cordage.
Thanks
James
Sheet lenghts?
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Terry
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The main sheet & jib sheet already reach the cockpit, no need to replace those.
As for the Halyards, I just used my main halyard for a jib halyard and the extra length of the main easily reached the cockpit as a jib halyard. Then I bought a new main halyard @ 70' long to make sure it would reach and found myself with extra length when I got done, probably could have got by with 65' easy enough.
If you have not purchased the blocks for leading the lines aft have a look at others mods for it, particularly Leon's (delevi), it is the one I copied and it works out quite well.
As for the Halyards, I just used my main halyard for a jib halyard and the extra length of the main easily reached the cockpit as a jib halyard. Then I bought a new main halyard @ 70' long to make sure it would reach and found myself with extra length when I got done, probably could have got by with 65' easy enough.
If you have not purchased the blocks for leading the lines aft have a look at others mods for it, particularly Leon's (delevi), it is the one I copied and it works out quite well.
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MrBarry
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Thanks Terry,
The reason I am replacing all the above is that they are just incredibly poor quality! Very stretchy and completely unacceptable to me! all the same colour too.
The PO had a Harken swivel cleat for the main halyard installed on the mast....but about a foot too high!
I will try to get to the boat to measure it all and post here for future reference.
James
The reason I am replacing all the above is that they are just incredibly poor quality! Very stretchy and completely unacceptable to me! all the same colour too.
The PO had a Harken swivel cleat for the main halyard installed on the mast....but about a foot too high!
I will try to get to the boat to measure it all and post here for future reference.
James
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Terry
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James,
The jib halyard would need to be 60' and main 65', you should keep them white, diito for the sheets. No real need to color code them. I would have to dig out my sails in the garage (winter stored) to get the lenghts of sheets. What I did color code were the traveller lines as they get tangled with the other sheets, I also modified the traveller as shown in the mods section, it was a good change. I also color coded the daggerboard line, the boom vang and outhaul. Some lines made sense to change color and others did not. I am partial to white halyards and sheets but those other lines unless colored add to confusion, you can try different thicknesses also. A nice idea to keep those lines in order is sheet bags either hanging on the life lines or the davis sticky bags stuck to the bulkheads. I also have a sticky bag just below the traveler for my mainsheet. I have a blue hull with blue canvas accessories so I kept my colored lines in blue spectrum, either solid blue or blue with white tracer or white with blue tracer. Blue docking lines look nice too I have them.
If you have a white hull it looks very effective to keep your lines in the black & white spectrum, another owner did this and it looked very good.
The jib halyard would need to be 60' and main 65', you should keep them white, diito for the sheets. No real need to color code them. I would have to dig out my sails in the garage (winter stored) to get the lenghts of sheets. What I did color code were the traveller lines as they get tangled with the other sheets, I also modified the traveller as shown in the mods section, it was a good change. I also color coded the daggerboard line, the boom vang and outhaul. Some lines made sense to change color and others did not. I am partial to white halyards and sheets but those other lines unless colored add to confusion, you can try different thicknesses also. A nice idea to keep those lines in order is sheet bags either hanging on the life lines or the davis sticky bags stuck to the bulkheads. I also have a sticky bag just below the traveler for my mainsheet. I have a blue hull with blue canvas accessories so I kept my colored lines in blue spectrum, either solid blue or blue with white tracer or white with blue tracer. Blue docking lines look nice too I have them.
If you have a white hull it looks very effective to keep your lines in the black & white spectrum, another owner did this and it looked very good.