Boom sheeting RS600?

One word of caution about 'big blocks of wood'.

A mate of mine decide to change the spini halyard cleat on his RS500 the other weekend. Having removed the first screw he merrily unscrewed the second. Just as it became free he heard a clunk. Yep you guessed it, it was the wooden block!

Much cursing and the fitting of an inspection hatch later he was finally able to fit his nice new cleat.....:-)

So it just might be worth trying to establish if the 'big wooden block' is firmly attached on your 600.............

Thanks a mil for you input guys. Just back from a sail there; that little swivelly yoke has to go. While I have you, when you were sailing a 600, did you ever have a problem with the sail tearing where the bolt rope meets the batten pocket? Just discovered tears on mine for the second time in 8 months and I don't know if I can afford another repair. Is there anything I could be doing wrong in my rigging?

so heres a question, how much of a OD or measured sail can you repair before its out of class or needs remeasurement?

Edited by hobbiteater - 20 Jun 14 at 10:49am

I think you could probably repair as much as you need, but you'd need to be able to demonstrate that the sail was still the same shape if challenged - from the RS rules:

4.6 Repairs and preventative maintenance may be carried out without violating these rules, provided repairs are made in such a way that the essential shape, characteristics or function of the original are not affected.

If I were faced with a protest on the subject then I'd lay out 3 or 4 unmodified sails alongside the repaired one and measure panel widths etc at a some essentially random points, and if it doesn't fall within the range of the others then it would be out.

Edited by JimC - 20 Jun 14 at 11:57am

I never understood people's issue with the mainsheet swivel and cleat on the 600.