Symmetrical Spinnaker sheeting systems and stuff

Originally posted by timeonthewater Hi Gareth, the chafe was a loading point on the run of the thin musketeer line, where the pole line was gong around the fitting an irregular manner, rather than the chosen route around the sheaves.  Started life as a burr, and with a few slow two part hoists of the pole, quickly came a trap and wear point for the thin line to fall into and start to melt incrementally down the side of the cheek wall. Change of cheek wall from plastic to Harken black alloy did the trick.

Thanks, as I mentioned earlier I built my own and though mine is like a conventional spiro fitting I fear that I will get the same chafe issues

Calculating where on the Merlin the correct spot for the guy to run to on the curved deck would be the tricky part, still maintaining the mechanical advantage afforded by the pole snodger.  

Originally posted by timeonthewater We've replaced the carbon cheeks on the Waterat mast spiro blocks as they wear quickly due to the change of rope angle when pulling out the pole.

Hi mate

Where were you getting the chafe and what did it look like?

Er Indoors is an Ergonomist by trade, which is all about designing the best systems for the people who will end up using them.  Next week she and I will be going down to Poole to fit out our classic 14 from scratch, and I'm expecting her training and input to be far more important than much I can say. 

One of the smallest changes I made to the D One was to alter the traveller adjustment take off points.  Simply moved so the line was better and the pull a more natural action;  far more ergonomic and so much easier to use. 

Twinning lines definitely. In our Lark the twinners led back to the helm as was pole height and hoist, just leaving the crew to sort out the pole and kite.