• OldSalt
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 07:17 PM

  I don't know why I listen to my crew (A.K.A. My younger brother).
  
  Just a day and a half before a 4 day trip up the Chesapeake Bay,he decides that the reeving on my 8:1 is done wrong...and pulls all of the line off the blocks.
  
  Problem now, I can't find a diagram showing the proper reeving instructions for my 8:1 main sale block system..
  
  [b]All help appreciated![/b]
  
  I really don't want to have to sail without my blocks or only use a 4:1 or 6:1 on my Hobie 18 magnum.
  
  

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• tag16
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 08:58 PM

  Can you make sense of this:
  
  

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• MN3
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 08:59 PM

  murrays,com has pics
  you can call harken, they will email you diagrams
  even if you reeve it wrong.. it still will work fine.. just you will lose x % in pull strength.. not much. in the long term... you dont want chafe.. (at all)

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• yurdle
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 09:07 PM

  Depends on the blocks you have (I've got no idea the default for your boat). Here's a pic of an 8:1.
  
  http://lyc.catsailor.org/photos/mainsheet1.jpg
  
  I'd just lay them on something flat, rotate one 90 degrees to the other, and start feeding the line through where it lines up...so to speak.
  
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• OldSalt
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 10:50 PM

  Nope but that is the block setup I have.
  

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• OldSalt
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 10:51 PM

  LOL, if I was not so visually/mentally challenged I could try your method...but I only have a day to get it done.
  
  Surprisingly, Harken does not the 8:1 diagram on their website.
  
  Thanks Anyway.

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• P.M.
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 11:26 PM

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  Surprisingly, Harken does not the 8:1 diagram on their website

  
  http://www.harken.com/rigtips/mainsheet.php
  or . . .
  http://www.harken.com/rig…Reeving_Diagrams_8-1.php
  There's plenty more. . .
  
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• OldSalt
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 09:17 AM

  This is exactly the rig I have:
  
  8:1 Beachcat
  
  
  
  This is Harken's page that shows this setup:
  
  harken.com/rigtips/mainsheet.php

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• OldSalt
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 08:13 PM

  Re: Reeving Problem Solved
  
  Thanks for everyone's help!

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