I've got no clew.

[ghost13]

I just bought a Janus Ghost 13 as my first sail boat. I know it probably isn't the best one class around but it was cheap and in good shape so I pulled the trigger. I have talked about sailing for a very long time and recently read a blog that said, "just get on the waterever it takes and the rest will come." So, even though I've only small resevoirs to sail on, I found a little boat and here I am.
Years ago, on the San Francisco Bay, I used to windsurf, poorly. It was fun and I learned enough to get where I wanted to go. I came to learn points of sail and how to tell the true wind from the apparent wind. However, there is at least one major difference between windsurfing and sailing, at as far as I can tell and that is the amount of moving parts.
The parts and the workings are one thing but the whens and which ones have got me baffeled.
Here is my first roadblock: My mainsheet has no blocking. I have a boom and two single blocks running aft. There is a line on the transom that goes port to starboard with a traveler blockset. And, I have a spare line I have in my hand with a adjuster(?) on it. That is it. I know there is probably a way it goes together but I don't see it. If I had a longer sheet and a block on the deck, for where there is an attachment, I would be good to go but what kind of block? Single, double, triple? Becket, ratchet, cam? 29mm, 40mm, 75mm. Fiddle, swivel, Huh?
This is what I think I need. I found it on West Marine. Little Fiddle Block, Hexaratchet with Cam & Becket, 500lb. SWL, 13oz. But, is 500lb enough? Should it be a 40mm? Should it have a larger SWL? Should I go back to widsurfing?
Thanks in advance for any advice or comments,
Ghost13

[CalebD]

I prefer using fiddle blocks for the main sheet hardware rather then double or single blocks which tend to twist the line. I like a double fiddle block attached to the boom and a double fiddle block with becket and cam cleat for the traveler.
For a 13' sailboat it may not make that much difference if you only need a small mechanical advantage on the main sheet. Even a pair of single blocks could give you at least 2:1 advantage. On our Tartan 27' there are 2 fiddle blocks in the main sheet hardware that give us a nearly 5:1 mechanical advantage on our main sheet.
This link discusses all the aspects of rigging a small sail boat: Rigging Small Sailboats - Title page
Check out the chapter on main sail running rigging.
I still have an old 14' day sailor and a wind surfer that taught me a lot of lessons. I learned a lot about sailing on small boats.

[ghost13]

CalebD,
Thanks for the link.
Ghost