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Upgraded jib sheet setup on Pajarita
by John Schinnerer 11 Oct '20

11 Oct '20

Last one for now... I had been thinking about doing this and then found that Henry had done similar on Monita and it worked for him. So early this season I put these Ronstan swivel/cam blocks (attached pic) on the coaming in place of the fixed cam cleats (that were in place of the original jam cleats). Also switched to soft shackles for the jib sheet blocks (other attached pic). The swivel cams are great - tacking is soooooo much quicker and easier, like a dinghy with a jib (and given the agility of the M17 it is a good match - I never used the winches for anything but a wrap or two on the way to the previous cam cleat, so they were more in the way than useful). The soft shackles and light weight jib sheet blocks are also great - less mass to flog around when tacking or luffing the jib, and the soft shackles flex any direction without binding on the toe rail as metal ones sometimes do. The only improvement I will make at some point is a shallow but angled riser block under the swivel cams, to improve the working angle. For now they are just mounted flat on the coaming (with a sturdy aluminum backing plate), which means a bit of an upward angle into the cockpit, which is not optimal for working the sheets. Flat or very slightly down would be better. cheers, John -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john(a)eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com

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Test?
by Lenny Corin 11 Oct '20

11 Oct '20

Still here. 😉 Sent from my iPad

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PS Siltcoos overnight
by John Schinnerer 11 Oct '20

11 Oct '20

Forgot this part - here's a few more pix, we did one overnight, down to Harmony Bay at the SW end of the lake. Lovely quiet spot, you pass a few summer cottages going down the arm to near the end but there's this little side bay to anchor in out of sight of those. The lake is fairly shallow & mild water temps, that morning we took a swim before heading back (had to motor back as it was the usual calm morning conditions). Luckily Brandon at the marina had previously told me about the long row of pilings hidden mostly just a few inches below water surface down the middle of the approach to this arm. Used to be a logging town at that end of the lake (early 1900s) and these were the remains of log handling piers & pilings. A few poke just above the water, but one of the few other marina guests, a retired local, told me how he didn't know about them first time down there and just about broke his motor off the mount when he hit one motoring in. cheers, John -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john(a)eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com

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