Boom sheeting RS600?

   Hi all,I HATE the swivel jammer on my 600 and I want to replace it with a less capsize-inducing system. Instead of drilling new holes in my hull for new base for my mainsheet block, I was thinking it might be possible to simply lead the main sheet from the boom. Obviously, this wouldn't be class legal but since there are only 3 boats in Ireland (and mine is the only one in the Republic) I'm not too concerned about legality at the minute. Has anyone any suggestions as to how I might be approach rigging her to boom sheet?

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dohertpk Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 28 Sep 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172	Post Options Post Reply Quote dohertpk Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Boom sheeting RS600? Posted: 19 Jun 14 at 10:48am
	Hi all, I HATE the swivel jammer on my 600 and I want to replace it with a less capsize-inducing system. Instead of drilling new holes in my hull for new base for my mainsheet block, I was thinking it might be possible to simply lead the main sheet from the boom. Obviously, this wouldn't be class legal but since there are only 3 boats in Ireland (and mine is the only one in the Republic) I'm not too concerned about legality at the minute. Has anyone any suggestions as to how I might be approach rigging her to boom sheet?

kneewrecker Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586	Post Options Post Reply Quote kneewrecker Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 14 at 10:56am
	simple- switch the ratchet off your jammer with one of the two mainsheet blocks on the boom.... a number of us took the cleat and swivel base off the 600s a few years ago and replaced it with a stand-alone standup ratchet block. I'm not sure what current thinking is on this though. It helped get the reaction speeds up a bit...

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dohertpk Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 28 Sep 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172	Post Options Post Reply Quote dohertpk Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 14 at 11:04am
	Cool that's what I was thinking. I unscrewed the swivel jammer from the hull last week and thought it would separate into a 'swivelly bit' and a base and I could just discard the swivelly bit. The whole thing seems to be a complete unit though. Did you have to drill new holes in your hill to fit the new stand-up base?

kneewrecker Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586	Post Options Post Reply Quote kneewrecker Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 14 at 11:28am
	I think I did fill and re-drill rotating 45 deg.... better research into the hole spacing could have saved the hassle no doubt.

Neptune Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314	Post Options Post Reply Quote Neptune Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 14 at 1:51pm
	When I sailed them lots of people took the jammers off and replaced the bases with a Harken swivel base or similar (link below) - I think it has same hole centres as a big harken base. If your still finding it hard then try and autoratchet, but you should be able to get that too work. Swivel base Edited by Neptune - 19 Jun 14 at 1:51pm
	Musto Skiff and Solo sailor

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dohertpk Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 28 Sep 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172	Post Options Post Reply Quote dohertpk Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 14 at 2:05pm
	Ah, that's exactly what I'm looking for. To clarify, do you mean it would have the same holes as the ones originally drilled in the hull by the manufacturer for the swivel jammer? Thanks a mil.

kneewrecker Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586	Post Options Post Reply Quote kneewrecker Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 14 at 2:21pm
	take the holt? one off... take it into a chandlery, or measure it and look at the Harken specs. I imagine (being a harken lifer fanboi) I would have bought a harken one to replace mine, from memory I definitely drilled it.... look at the specifications tab: http://www.harken.com/productdetail.aspx?id=5253 http://www.harken.com/productdetail.aspx?id=5226 Edited by kneewrecker - 19 Jun 14 at 2:22pm

Neptune Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314	Post Options Post Reply Quote Neptune Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 14 at 3:49pm
	If the holes don't match Dohertpk just do as kneewrecker said, fill old holes and rotate it 45 degrees. Big lump of wood under there so it doesn't matter where holes go and you'll get a nice new grip on the screws too.
	Musto Skiff and Solo sailor