Blocks at base of mast
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:39 pm
Trying to get my DS1 ready for a spring launch and I'm adding some new blocks to run lines back to the cockpit to make it easier to single handle (topping lift, reefing line and jib downhaul). I'd like to avoid drilling holes in the deck for padeyes so I'm wondering whether it's better to attach what amounts to turning blocks on a vang bail or whether i should insert a plate with holes to mount blocks between the tabernacle and the mast stub endcap that the bottom tabernacle plate currently bolts into. It would be a plate like this from Catalina direct:
Or if the dimensions for this don't work, I could have a machine shop bent a piece of stainless steel and drip a couple of holes for less than what CatalinaDirect charges.
The advantage of something like this over a vang bail on the mast is that the blocks couldn't get caught up on each other.
Any thoughts? Is it a bad idea to slide something between the bottom tabernacle plate and the mast stub endcap?
Thanks!
Doug
Or if the dimensions for this don't work, I could have a machine shop bent a piece of stainless steel and drip a couple of holes for less than what CatalinaDirect charges.
The advantage of something like this over a vang bail on the mast is that the blocks couldn't get caught up on each other.
Any thoughts? Is it a bad idea to slide something between the bottom tabernacle plate and the mast stub endcap?
Thanks!
Doug