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Rigging question - What's this for?

4K views 17 replies 11 participants last post by  Capt Len 
#1 ·
Hi,

For a while, I've been wondering what the blocks on each side of my stern are for :)

I recently found this old brochure which shows them carrying a line through the back of the boom.

Is this simply to restrict the boom travel? Like a preventer? The advantage of this setup? Never seen it before.

Thanks.
 

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#13 ·
I believe the lines aren't shown all that clearly on the plan.
What can appear to be a single main sheet on the traveler is a part of the double ended system.
What can appear to be a split back stay going to the starboard side is actually the starboard part of the main sheet going to a block, same as the port side.
 
#15 ·
Is it a double block on the traveler? Maybe there are two lines, each of them symmetrical and attached to the boom through the block. Adjusting the tension on both lines would allow control of the sheeting angle and traveler position. That notion would be supported by the fact that the traveler does not seem to have any way to lock the car.

Although I can see problems from that system due to the fact that the both lines need to be attended to to sheet out.
 
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