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widmn · 28-01-2019, 07:01

I am on a 57' Bruce Roberts as a crewmember and I think it is missing some hardware. I have never seen this setup on a traveler with a big stainless U fitting. The boom only has one steel attachment on the end to hook a mainsheet or whatever. No pulleys or tackle. What is missing? What is this U fitting? The cockpit where the line leads to has a large HArkin winch for the mainsheet.
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Sailmonkey · 28-01-2019, 07:40

Photos?

widmn · 28-01-2019, 07:51

_andi_ · 28-01-2019, 08:26

Difficult to tell from the photos but I'd guess there's a mainsheet missing / somebody put it into storage and replaced it with some cordage to keep the boom centered...

widmn · 28-01-2019, 08:29

Yes, agreed. I have more photos to post.

Sailmonkey · 28-01-2019, 08:31

I’m hoping the mainsheet is missing....that twisted cordage isn’t up to the task.

There should be a tackle on the hoops, or at the least a substantial turning block on the traveler cars.

A large turning block would allow the use of a large high strength line as a single part sheet to the winch.

widmn · 28-01-2019, 08:34

So you can't just use that "U" stainless piece to run a heavy line through to the winch in the cockpit?

_andi_ · 28-01-2019, 08:35

... at least two giveaways that there's something wrong are that the "sheet" doesn't look beefy enough and that 3-strand is rarely used for sheets (nowadays).