[Rhodes22-list] Adjustable Blocks next to winches

Slim Chance slimsails at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 15:50:50 EST 2012


Sorry, Austin, I haven't been following the list very closely and I just
read your previous post about the boat's condition. So, regarding my
previous post -- never mind.  8-)

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Slim Chance <slimsails at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Austin. My Doyle main sail has a stripe stitched in that angels up from
> the clew of the sail (the rear corner). A good starting point in setting
> the jib sheet angel is to adjust so the sheet is in a direct line with the
> stripe. If you don't have the stripe, set the block all the way aft when
> using all the main sail. Then the more you reef in, the more you move the
> block forward. The same goes for the inboard jib sheet tracks that are up
> on the deck next to the cabin wall, if your boat is so-equipped. Use those
> tracks when you're sailing upwind and deeply reefed.  Hope that helps.
> Slim
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Austin Carter <acarter250 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yep, their on ebay along with quite a few other things.
>>
>> Austin
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Rob Granger <rgranger at sbc.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey Austin:
>> >
>> > When I emailed you before about my friend who parted out an old
>> MacGregor
>> > V21, I referred to those as Genoa Tracks.  I think he got $40 for his
>> and
>> > the ones on the old MacGregors were not as high a quality as the ones on
>> > your Rhodes.
>> >
>> > Take some pics and put it up on eBay.  March is the best time to sell
>> > sailboat stuff.
>> >
>> > Good luck,
>> >
>> > r
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Austin Carter <acarter250 at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >  > Trying to figure out what the adjustable blocks (on sliders) that are
>> > next
>> > > to the winches are for and what they are called? Never saw them
>> before,
>> > but
>> > > hey I'm new to sailboat. I know it's not something they all have, so
>> I'm
>> > > just trying to figure it out.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance,
>> > > Austin
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