mainsheet

I recently purchased a Catalina 27. I'm not an experienced sailor...yet. The mainsheet system seems a little odd to me though. Can you tell from the photo what's going on? Instead of the rigging traveling along the boom to the mast and then forward to the winch on top of the cabin it is going...

Hey guys, I have a 1974 O'Day Widgeon and when I got her, there was very little of the original rigging intact or even present. So I have a few questions that I was unable to dig up using the search function. First, is there a particular type of rope I should be using? the rigging that was...

I'm moving from end-of-boom to mid-boom sheeting. Comparing Schaefer and Harken bridges and travelers, does anyone have an opinion about which is a better brand or better for this particular application?