I just rigged my O'Day DS1 for the first time. I have instructions for rigging the main sheet but the diagram I have has hand notes indicating that the rigging shown is not for this boat. Shown is a triangular line and pulley arrangement at the stern called a traveler. The top of the triangle is at the end of the boom and the other two corners are located at the sides of the boat at the stern. From the end of the boom, the sheet travels over a pulley at mid-boom and then down to the top of the centerboard trunk where it passes through a pulley and then to the cam cleats.
The only alternate I can come up with is to start at the end of the boom where the sheet has a permanent loop around the small pulley on the block. From here I route it forward to midboom and then down to the final pulley and the cam cleat. I've not sailed the boat (at all) yet and wonder if this is an okay way to go.
I will appreciate an experienced opinion on the question.
Ray Gendron
Ray Gendron (rvgen-at-aol.com)