cyrano138
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I have what I think might be a considerably older sunfish. It has a rudder system that someone said was only used until 1972. Who knows.
But the main question is like to ask is that, at some point, whether originally or as a mod, someone put a cable bridle on where the mainsheet ties off in the back. The bridle had a swage that creates a loop in the middle, which doesn't seem to be what everyone is using. Most of the sunfish I've seen in videos have a simple length of line that the mainsheet ties to and travels freely across (from port to starboard and back).
I'd like to replace the cable with a simple piece of line. How long should it be?
Part of the reason I'm asking is because I only realized after someone else pointed out that the tiller is supposed to go underneath that bridle and the one that's on there seems a bit short, and seems to restrict the movement of the tiller, at least at the extremes. I was used to sailing a Hobie 16 before this and we had to pass the tiller around the back of the main sheet and blocks while tacking.
But the main question is like to ask is that, at some point, whether originally or as a mod, someone put a cable bridle on where the mainsheet ties off in the back. The bridle had a swage that creates a loop in the middle, which doesn't seem to be what everyone is using. Most of the sunfish I've seen in videos have a simple length of line that the mainsheet ties to and travels freely across (from port to starboard and back).
I'd like to replace the cable with a simple piece of line. How long should it be?
Part of the reason I'm asking is because I only realized after someone else pointed out that the tiller is supposed to go underneath that bridle and the one that's on there seems a bit short, and seems to restrict the movement of the tiller, at least at the extremes. I was used to sailing a Hobie 16 before this and we had to pass the tiller around the back of the main sheet and blocks while tacking.