Posted by Payne, Doug (doug.payne@…>)
The picture I have only shows the general
configuration of the main sheet attaching to the boom and the traveler. It is a
shot from above the boom from the side from the rear looking down on the companionway.
It won’t show the underside of the boom. It that is helpful, I can get
you that picture. Get me your email address and I can send you the picture,
that is easier than uploading something not of general interest to the group.
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Douglas M. Payne
Managing
Partner Dallas Ft. Worth
Tatum,
LLC
5956
Sherry Lane
Suite 1000 PMB 101
Dallas, Texas 75225
office ••• 972.496.2700
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From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Herman Schiller
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:10
PM
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Re:
Freedom 28 (Mull) Mainsheet rigging
Doug, I absolutely agree that the three blocks should
be attached to
three separate fittings. However, my boat has only two fittings
attached to the underside of the boom. Moreover, the drawings
supplied by Freedom of the mainsheet rigging shows two single blocks
shackled to the forward underboom fitting and one to the rearward
fitting. I didn’t like the resultant interference of blocks and non-
fair leads of the sheet, and proceeded to create the third
attachment point. Everything works fine now. If your picture is of a
Mull-design Freedom 28, I’d love to see it. Thanks,
Herm
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com,
“Payne, Doug”
<doug.payne@…> wrote:
The three blocks should be attached to three separate fittings
under the boom. There should be no interference with this
arrangements. If you need a picture, I could supply one as I have
made pictures of all the running rigging so I get it right when I
commission/decommission the boat for transport.
Douglas M. Payne
Managing Partner Dallas Ft. Worth
Tatum, LLC
5956 Sherry Lane
Suite 1000 PMB 101
Dallas, Texas 75225
office *** 972.496.2700
mobile *** 972.953.8065
doug.payne@…
www.tatumllc.com
From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Herman
Schiller
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:06 PM
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Freedom 28 (Mull)
Mainsheet rigging
My Freedom cat-sloop, and perhaps, others Freedoms of 1987
vintage,
has a multi-part mainsheet that has three 3" Harken Single Blocks
hung
on two fittings on the bottom of the boom. Two of these blocks are
shackled to a single under-boom fitting. No matter what
rearrangement
of these two blocks I tried, they would interfere with each other
resulting in non-fair sheet leads, and the mainsheet rubbing on
the
other block.
I solved this problem by using a 3/8"x 1" aluminum alloy bar
about
9-
1/2" long, into which I drilled three holes, two that lined up
with
the under-boom fittings, and a third centered on the length of the
bar
to accomodate a 1/4" bow shackle for separately shackling one of
the
three mainsheet blocks. The two holes near the end were 5/16"
diameter
to accept 5/16" bow shackles, which are used to attach the
aluminum
alloy bar to the under-boom fittings and also provide attachment
points for the remaining two blocks. The three minsheet blocks now
have four inches between attachment points and no longer interfere
with each other. Herm (SV “Impulse”)
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