I am putting a mast collar on my boat to lead lines aft to the cockpit.
Im looking at all manor of stand up blocks.
The harken folks sell a single line reefing kit that states for boats up to 27 foot.
My boat is an albin vega 27.
But upon looking in the box, i find 40mm blocks that seem light. THey are rated for less than 500 lbs max work load.
Then on the harken site, i did the end-of-boom calculator. at 60 knots wind, I will experience up to say, 2500-3000 lbs at the boom end.
So does that mean the halyards may also experience 2500-3000 lbs?
And the clew?
Most of the smaller blocks seem in the 800-1000 lbs working load range.
Confused on what to order for my turning blocks.
groundhog
Im looking at all manor of stand up blocks.
The harken folks sell a single line reefing kit that states for boats up to 27 foot.
My boat is an albin vega 27.
But upon looking in the box, i find 40mm blocks that seem light. THey are rated for less than 500 lbs max work load.
Then on the harken site, i did the end-of-boom calculator. at 60 knots wind, I will experience up to say, 2500-3000 lbs at the boom end.
So does that mean the halyards may also experience 2500-3000 lbs?
And the clew?
Most of the smaller blocks seem in the 800-1000 lbs working load range.
Confused on what to order for my turning blocks.
groundhog