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i was just curious how i rerig after I get the vang but I'll call garhauer and ask.  thanks

that looks like the vang on the beneteau i race on but it has the vang line on both sides

thanks!

lol?  okay

but guido sent me control ends with cam cleats.  the ends of the traveler came right off

i do controlled gybes.  bring the main to center then let it back out.

vang?  holds the boom down.  preventer?  keeps boom from accidently gybing.  or am I missing something else?

and good gravy, reading the (proper) manual, i'd be afraid to have the main up, since all they seem to talk about it reefing! 

if i put a vang in, like page 25, then the main would go from the turning block up to the aft single swivel block and continue through the rest of the blocks, like it is now? i've never seen a boat without a vang before so this is new to me (like everything else on the boat!)

we're not at the boat so that was what the husband found.  if i'm hull 99, that makes me a mk1 right?  and yes, that is the correct manual.  so should i put a vang on, even though i'm not racing her, or just replace the single swivel block at the boom?  the person sailing with us yesterday suggested the vang (just a rope one) to keep the boom from bouncing in a gybe.

reading this - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-noW8PUQNCcNFRfR21WMzBWRUU/edit is pretty terrifying how bad my boat looks, in comparision to all the work this person did!  and I really need to do the traveler through bolts!

thanks

can you send the manual you're using?  we're looking at the catalina 34 mk2 manual, online.  we're not at the boat right now

our set up is like this http://www.apsltd.com/images/CATEGORY/medium/652.jpg - but with 3 blocks at the boom, not two.  why would you have this vs a vang?

I don't know if my 1986 came with a vang, or not, but it's not there now.  What I have, instead, is the main sheet coming from the cabin top to a block at the base of the mast (which is fine), into a block underneath the boom (which is the last of the equipment that was brittle white plastic and needs to be replaced, if we're replacing it) to a 3 block system (which doesn't match the manual which came with the boat) under the boom, then to the traveler.  It's a bizarre system.  I'd like to get a rope vang but I'm unclear, if I get that, can I get rid of the top block, under the mast and then how that would work with the 3 block system, since I've never seen anything like it before. 

thanks

btw, thanks for the advice about calling Guido.  he knew exactly what I needed for my traveler.

becki kain
hull 99
1986, Detroit

thanks Stu.  I was trying to figure out how to put screen on without looking completely ghetto!

since i can't be at my boat every day (darn work!), do you have any suggestions?  thanks!

thanks Ken

opps, sorry!