by Guest » Fri Jan 31, 2003 4:05 pm
Barry, I improved my outhaul by adding a couple of blocks, I think this would be the same as the "Block-action outhaul" that O'Day listed as an option on the Day Sailer. My outhaul is knotted through the inner of the two eyes on the outer end (top) of the boom, it then runs forward to a block that is shackled to the clew of the sail, then back through a cheek block on the boom, and finally forward to the original V-jam cleat on the boom. This set-up gives me pretty good adjustability of the outhaul. The one improvement that I might still make is to replace the original V-jam cleat with a clamcleat.
Rod Johnson, "SUNBIRD" (rjohnson24-at-juno.com)