Rick, Not sure why the friction. I have not mounted my system yet, but the car on the track just zips back and forth freely. Just tipping the track slightly when holding it the car shoots to the low end. Do you have Harken CB spec track? Bill On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
By the way, there seems to be a lot of friction between car and track. Does this free up with use?
Thanks,
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L
On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, Larry E Yake <leyake@juno.com> wrote:
I will only have 2:1 - the deck block is only a direction changer so I can pull the car to windward from a seated position. The return to the becket tube is in accordance with the Harken instructions, adjusted so the car doesn't hit the other end of the track.
Larry, i want the car to be able to travel right to the end of the track. If the stop knot in the becket tube doesn't do the job I thought of glueing a heavy rubber pad to the cockpit side to take the impact. Would this work?
Rick, I have attached a picture of my rig. With this simple layout I can pull the car to windward easily in the strongest of wind conditions. No need to complicate things with extra blocks and lines. If I follow your plan correctly, you will be running the release line through a turning block near the end of the track. The problem I see with that is it will restrict your ability to yank the line up out of the cleat if you suddenly want to release the car. In gusty weather, if I have the car to windward at all, I sail with the release line in my hand instead of the mainsheet. Yanking it out of the cleat drops the car to leeward instantly, which dumps a lot of the air out of the main without destroying the sail shape like releasing the mainsheet will. Larry