2 mishaps I had that caused damage My Fault??

[bscott]

I make a mean crow filled humble pie....gets raven reviews...

Bob

[BOAT]

Okay guys, I got the dagger-board fixed - it's not pretty but it works and it's stronger than before because I added a layer of glass to the damaged edge. Now I don't need to worry about dinging up the dagger-board because it's already been dinged up so I can plow right on and not care about how it looks anymore:



I also fixed the rudder bracket - I pressed it back into shape in the right positions and it's nice and tight just like the other one with no slop - back to the way is was. Since I was removing rudders I decided to go ahead and put the "My Blue Heaven" mod on the rudder ropes and put blockes on them - now they are very easy to raise:



Finally, I know all you guys who single hand your MAC have this special Genoa Track Car for your Genoa so you can operate it from the helm seat:



I have it too, but it made me think . . . . .

[BOAT]

What about the main??? Why can't we have the same convienence for the main sheet that we have for the Genoa?? So, I installed this block and cam cleat at the base of the wheel house:



Now I can just pull on the main sheet right from the helm and cleat it off right there - and it did not require any modification to the original main sheet block at all, in fact you can still use the original if you want - the angle of the new block keeps the rope out of the original cam cleat on the companionway traveler:



And if your like me sometimes when I am racing or trying to pass another boat I like to have the feel of the mainsheet in my hand - it's lets me adjust for the greatest pressure and best speed , so with this new block I can hold the main sheet in my hand if I want too:



So that's it! Repairs all done and all the damage causes by "my fault" has all been corrected and I'm ready to go again.

Thanks for your help!

[Catigale]

Nice clean mod with good functionality. What are the other two functions of the mod, as required by Mac law?

[Tomfoolery]

What, you can't shift the traveller from the helm? What good is that? Two yards from the end zone and you sit down?








Just kidding, of course. That's a sweet mod. Well done.

[Russ]

Nice and simple. I've always draped the sheet over the throttle. Incan see how your mod word work well for some folks.

[BOAT]

I kept having a hard time releasing the main. I had to get up and out from behind the helm to get it to un cleat. Even Mike Inmon told me that a lot of people turn that part of the mainsheet block upside down so that it is an UP motion to release the main instead of a DOWN motion which for me is like touching my toes - not real easy anymore.

The other thing is that I would not use this when there are more than two people on the boat because it makes crossing the cockpit a little more clumsy. It's strictly for those times when the wife is below and I'm up there all alone.

[mastreb]

GREAT MOD! Sadly my three kids would always be tangled up in it, so I use my 1' of rope between the traveler and the mainsheet, but now I'm seriously considering a cam-cleat on the side of the helm just to hold it for me...

Plus HOLY COW that boat is clean.

[BOAT]

For as much as we have abused it in such a short period of time I'm suprized too at how clean it is. I think they put three extra layers of gel coat on the thing! I keep smashing it and it won't scratch!

[BOAT]

Nice clean mod with good functionality. What are the other two functions of the mod, as required by Mac law?

Laws of MAC Mods:

1. it must make the boat go slower
2. it must make the 'Admiral' happy

I blew it on number one, I think the wife will like it though.

[mastreb]

Nice clean mod with good functionality. What are the other two functions of the mod, as required by Mac law?

Laws of MAC Mods:

1. it must make the boat go slower
2. it must make the 'Admiral' happy

I blew it on number one, I think the wife will like it though.

You forgot #3: It must complicate rigging and de-rigging.