by Guest » Sat Nov 16, 2002 10:37 pm
Dave,
For a while many people were moumting ib tracks on thier cuddy tops. This enabled them to set the angle of the jib lead and then tension as necessary. The main trade off that I have noticed crewing on these boats is that it is very difficult to cleat and uncleat the jib. I use the original setup with the track on the coaming and the cleats on the centerBoard trunk, with barber in-haulers to adjust the angle. This works fine but some people don't like the jib sheets crossing the boat and getting in the way. Some of our fleet members (Curt, Ken, Peter) have changed to a setup wher they keep the original track on the coaming and then go to a block and cleat assembly mounted under the aft corner of the cuddy where it meets the deck. They the use the barber haulers to adjust the angle of the jib and jib the lead track position and sheet tension to adjust the leech.
Chris Lewton (clewton-at-erols.com)