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philagnes2003
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Initially Posted - 11/29/2012 : 13:43:58

I am considering some winter projects on our boat, 2003 250 Wing Keel.

- Adding clutches, currently 1 on each side, and adding a flat or stacked deck organizer. Changing to a dual line reefing system, 2 lines back to the clutches. Outhaul routed to a clutch. Not thrilled about drilling holes in the boat. If I add a flat deck organizer can the old hole be leveraged? I know I need to drill the holes bigger and refill with epoxy and re-drill, but how much bigger?
- New outhaul line and increasing the purchase of the outhaul, this is well documented on the site, 3:1 sounds good.
- New topping lift and possibly route it to a clutch.

Mac's Bounty
2003 C250 WK #679
Orient Harbor, NY

If you think you can, or think you can't, pretty soon you find out your are right! H.F.

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hughbamford
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Response Posted - 11/29/2012 : 18:18:58

Hi,

I had my boat rigged with three clutches on each side and a triple deck organiser on each side. On the port side I have the jib halyard, outhaul, and boom vang, on the starboard side I have the main halyard, reef and spinnaker halyard. I figure if I ever need two reefs in the main I probably shouldn't be out there. With regard to the topping lift I have that permantly cleated off to the mast a little slacker than required, this elevates the need to take it off and on when raising/lowering the sail.

Cheers,

Hugh

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SEAN
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Response Posted - 11/29/2012 : 18:56:10

Its nice to adjust the sail from the cockpit ,
I had a single cluch on each side , then added 3 pack on both sides .
to make 4 on each side and theres still not enough ..

you dont have to incress the purchace on the outhaul because you can
use a winch to snug it up ..
that is if you have a way to hold the jib line .

you have to watch how the toplift line clears the edge of the boom for chaffing .
I added a hanging block off the bottom of the boom because it didnt clear

the blocks at the bottom of the mast need to be thought about too
thats easer to do with the mast up , to see how they will run .
its good to remember , the boom will twist to follow the sail ,
thats were the chaffing happens .

so far its worth the effort
i get a little every year when its on sale
its a $$$ project

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philagnes2003
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Response Posted - 11/30/2012 : 03:37:02

Sean, what deck orginizer did you use, any regrets? Any big deal installing the clutches?

Thanks everyone

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SEAN
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Response Posted - 11/30/2012 : 06:07:18

I stacked doubles , Harken I think Triples might be better ..to give you 6 per side .
no problems with one on top of the other ..

the clutches are easy i think a 1/4 inch drill from the top down ,
from the head liner up the drill size is larger to accept the larger
barrel nut plus washer .

a dremel tool is handy to start the hole in the gel coat (to keep from chipping)
then start to drill when you get to the fiberglass .
the v head bolts you get have to be long 3" or 3 1/2 then cut them down to fit .

i just drilled the hole then siliconed everything real good . over sizing the hole
then filling with a west tex should keep the water out of the core if they ever leaked .

no regrets but i am still working things out .
I use my cunningham hook to reef the sail .
that means i have to go forward to raise it to the reef location ,
I would like to reef the sail in both reef points without going forward would be nice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjdSBu-4yKI

here is a video of my boat , i copied a harken adjustable car kit
but you can see my port side setup .
the angle of the organizer is a little tight ..
because i tried to use one of the original holes to minimize drilling .

if i did it again , i would use 2 triples per side fill the old holes
and adjust the angle a little better .

Edited by - SEAN on 11/30/2012 06:20:22

philagnes2003
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Response Posted - 12/01/2012 : 04:15:43

That's perfect Sean the video was great too. I will start ordering stuff.

Thanks

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