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Author Message   Russ Fender (Admin) Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Monday, February 05, 2001 - 08:48 am:    This Message was provided by Doug Conrod A slight change in height can have a large effect. We replaced the schaeffer jib track fair lead system with an adjustable harken block and tackle system. This amounted to the fair lead height increasing. We put pads under the winches ( one inch and a half, next time I would have gone two.) to gain the right height to prohibit over-rides when grinding in the jib. The turning block aft of the main winch we completely avoid accept for when flying a chute. The aft turning block causes more problems than it helps. Our crew feels it is much quicker tacking going straight from jib fairlead to winch and avoiding the aft turning block completely. Doug Conrod VerticalCrossings.com, Inc. 122 East 42nd St. Suite 2707 New York, NY 10168 646-227-9204

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