Help please - fitting more rope clutches on cabin top.

[john_morris_uk]

Thanks again .... I need to have a think about this.

I guess with 6 clutches I could do ....

Continuous reefing (x2)
Main outhaul
Topping lift
Kicker
Main sheet

I think the previous owners sacrificed the continuous reefing for 2 extra halyards - one exits at the top of the mast, the second 3/4 of the way down - both forward?? The main and genoa halyards are made off at the mast.

We're having the survey done on Thursday and I already know not to count my chickens but I may finally be the owner of a shiny old boat this weekend.

Sounds like spinnaker halyard and spinnaker pole uphaul? You can get away without the uphaul being led back to the cockpit at a pinch, especially if you are not racing. It's how ours is set up.

 

[Tranona]

6 clutches are adequate if you don't have a spinnaker. Outhaul, kicker and mainsheet on port side. Continuous furling take up 2 on starboard. Third can be used for either topping lift or genoa halyard - but in practice neither are needed. I have the genoa halyard there because it has the longer tail and it is more convenient to have the bunch or rope back there than at the mast. The topping lift is also long enough so that it can be used to haul somebody up the mast without dropping the main to use the main halyard.

You will find likely a second halyard above the forestay which is either a spare or for a spinnaker/cruising chute. Hopefully this is long enough to come back to the cockpit, so if you do have a cruising chute, bring that back and make the genoa off at mast - although you can just as easily handle the cruising chute at the mast..

So, no need to have any extra clutches for normal cruising. The layout described above is as recommended by Selden and how the boats are set up from the factory.

 

[Dyak]

I have a 2003 model bavaria 36. The aluminium plate bonded into the coach roof is plenty big enough to fit a pair of Rutgerson 750's or similar into it on both sides. If the originals are fitted close to the hatch then there is a flat spot out towards the halyard winch that still has the aluminium plate in it.
Position the new clutch/clutches next to the existing bank of three, pilot drill the holes to make sure you do hit the aluminium but I'm sure you will. Then drill and tap for the right size machine screw. Fix the new clutch using a countersunk machine screw with a bit of sikaflex and hey presto.
Job is a piece of cake and I actually have a bank of 6 clutches to port and 5 to starboard, one being a spare that I occassionally use for the boom break.
But then I have 3 reefs, a cunningham, flatner, 3 spinnaker halyards and the pole up and down haul going to the clutches.
Then again if more Bavaria owners bothered to join the BOA they could have easily found all this information on the Website. Worth the £15 membership in my opinion if it saves pulling your headlining out.
Cheers

 

[Tranona]

The OP's boat, like mine has in mast reefing, so there really is no need for more than 6 clutches unless a spinnaker is fitted.

Interesting the location of the standard clutches on your boat. On my 37 they are at the outboard end of the flat part of the coachroof, so any additional ones would need to go inboard on the hatch side, where I assume there is a plate.