Re: Spinnaker sheet ratchet?

["Robert Harper" <rharper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You don't have to get a special bracket for the rachet blocks. You will  
need a pad eye and a D-shackle to attach it. Many of us have followed  
Bram's lead by splitting a tennis ball and puting half under each block to  
hold it up off the deck. It works great and will also reduce the damage  
done to the deck by having the block bouncing on the deck all the time. I  
used screws to hold the cleats in the wedges. I don't think they need T  
nuts because the load ins in shear rather than tension. The spinnaker  
blocks, haliard block, and retrieval block MUST be backed with a T nut and  
plate of some sort as they get a lot of tension load that loves to pull  
screws right out of the deck.

Maybe more than you wanted/needed to know but there you are.

Get 'er done so you can start the swimming lessons!

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:24:07 -0700, Dave Lindsey <lindsey@xxxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Thanks Bram,
>
>     Yes I found them right under my nose. They¹re quite substantial  
> blocks,
> Ronstan RF62100. I gather I have to buy the mounting base? That  
> definitely
> does not appear to be here.
>
>     Second question; when mounting to the control block bevels, do I  
> drill
> through the deck and use T nuts? Or should I just mount into the bevels  
> with
> screws? How much load is taken on this hardware?
>
>     By the way, thanks for the incredibly fast reply to my question.
> Microsoft should hire you for their tech support!
>
>     Dave L.
>
>
> > Dave,
> > You should have received three Ronstan ratchet blocks in your kit.  The  
> > one
> > that goes under the boom and two others.  If you didn't, let Chris know  
> > at
> > Fisheries.  If you have any problems, let me know.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Bram



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