Thanks Delmarrey: those double sheaves will do the trick admirably, and I can easily fit a roller over the top to keep the lines in the sheaves. I can already see them with a nice
teak encasing to prevent bashed toes.
I actually asked Garhauer, but they haven’t come back with that one, and I missed it myself. Well done.
The lines are: two controlling the fore course
furling: the fore staysail sheet and
outhaul, and later on, two tops’l
furling lines.
As regards friction and resistance. There will be fewer blocks using this method than conventional routing using horizontal organizers. Leverage on the 1” thick deck will be negligible, because they will be bolted through with
backing plates and the lines will be clean lead-ins.
As regards other comments: I actually don’t see that it’s anyone else’s business whether I go sailing or not. But for anyone who is interested the boat is nearing completion after a two and half year
refit. Directly after the end of the
hurricane season we plan a years
cruise to
Cuba and the
Caribbean.