Mainsheet forces and mainsheet arrangement.
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:11 pm
Working on getting my DS II ready to go. I bought this boat last year and have only had it out once so far. The boat has a 3:1 mid-boom mainsheet. Just wondering how much force there is on the sheets/blocks under full sail in a good wind? Reason is because my upper block looks a little weak and doesn't match the Schaefer block mounted to the CB trunk. I looked it up and it is a block from a laser sailboat and has a working load rating of 180 pounds, which I don't think is enough, but to replace it I would like to know what load rating I should consider as minimum?