Channel Sailor
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Hi
I am looking for advise please from formites as the best location for a turning block that could be used for a Tweaker or a Guy. The side deck looks like this.
It is a fractional rig so the mast is slightly fwd of the shrouds.
As you can imagine because of deck drilling and access issues to the deck underside I would like to get it right first time. There is no toe rail to try it out various positions.
While at a pontoon I have test rigged a Guy to various pole positions and as a consequence I was thinking of a position very close to and slightly inboard of the 1st stanchion aft of the shrouds, 30mm fwd and 30mm inboard of the stanchion. This is not quite the widest part of the yacht. At this location the pole can be positioned fairly close to the forestay before the Guy fouls the fwd stanchion.
My questions are: what are the Pro's and Con's of having the Guy turning block further fwd or aft, have I got the right idea with this location and will it work in this same location for a Tweaker instead of a Guy?
I am looking for advise please from formites as the best location for a turning block that could be used for a Tweaker or a Guy. The side deck looks like this.
It is a fractional rig so the mast is slightly fwd of the shrouds.
As you can imagine because of deck drilling and access issues to the deck underside I would like to get it right first time. There is no toe rail to try it out various positions.
While at a pontoon I have test rigged a Guy to various pole positions and as a consequence I was thinking of a position very close to and slightly inboard of the 1st stanchion aft of the shrouds, 30mm fwd and 30mm inboard of the stanchion. This is not quite the widest part of the yacht. At this location the pole can be positioned fairly close to the forestay before the Guy fouls the fwd stanchion.
My questions are: what are the Pro's and Con's of having the Guy turning block further fwd or aft, have I got the right idea with this location and will it work in this same location for a Tweaker instead of a Guy?