Compac 16-3 running rigging

[Sailaway]

Anyone able to supply the running rigging length for their compac 16 - 2 or 3?  The specs page has this listed for the 16 - 1.  I imagine it will be different for the foresails?  Thank you!

[Salty19]

There isn't much difference actually.  The only change is the bowsprit kicks the foot forward, so at worst case you might add 3-4ft to the sheets just in case the tack of the jib is more slightly forward. 

It's not a bad idea to have slightly longer lines anyway-in your case maybe to handle the sheets from way back in the cockpit or if you get a big genoa in the future you'll them longer.   Using different colors for each line helps to keep them straight and  land-lubbery crew may find it easier to  "release the red line", rather than "release the halyard".

I have a ton of various lines on our 19, each is different and it sure makes it easier to rig and know which line is which, especially so for the Admiral who isn't quite as tuned into the boat as the Captain. 

[Craig Weis]

When I re~fitted all the sheets on my CP-19, I added ten foot to everything.
Now I can run the head sail sheet from the high side simply by slipping it under the low side cleat and working it across the cockpit to the high side cleat.

skip.

[Bob23]

Skip: Great idea! It really makes it easier to uncleat while under sail.
Bob23

[Sailaway]

Thanks for the advice!  I'll definitly add some length to the fore sheet for that purpose.

[Salty19]

The 16's do not come with the side coaming cleats ala CP19 and Cp23, so there is no need to go extra long here as there is nothing to cleat the sheet to on the windward side.
Just long enough to handle them from anywhere in the cockpit as they cleat from the forward coaming.

the only reason to go real long is if you are planning on using a genoa with coaming mounted tracks in the future.  In that case I would recommend 7/8" ronstan c-track with "bull eye cam cleats", which are just about impossible to find--except through Com-pac directly. 

Been there, done that!

[Duckie]

I don't know if it is factory or an add-on, but my 16/3 has the genoa track on the combings.  The cam cleats run in that track and there is no other provision for cleating other than that.  When I replaced the sheets on both my main and genoa, I simply held the sails out to the maximum that they could reach, cleated them off and cut them with a sufficient tail to grab. (somewhere around 6 ft)  The PO had left the main sheet only long enough for the main to pull out to around 45 degrees which did not make me happy.  I never measure the running rigging on either of my cruising boats.  I simply rig them and pull the sail out to its max play then cut them.  Yeah, I do end up with off cuts, but somehow I end up using them somewhere because they are not laying around here. 

Al

[Craig Weis]

Oh how embarrassing. I didn't know that about the CP-16.  Well bolt a cleat on the cockpit and then run an extra long main sheet.

Craig.

[Sailaway]

My 16 does have the rails on top of the coamings running all the way back on each side, I'm assuming an add on due to the amount of stress the gel coat has endured over the years underneath the tracks. 

[Duckie]

Maybe not.  There is a ton of stress on the genoa cleats when you consider how big it is and how hard it can snap full after a tack.  There are some very small cracks under both of my tracks which makes me think that they are normal after a bunch of use.  I just got done filling some cracks and holes in my gelcoat and I was surprised at how easy it is to crack that stuff.  When I reinstalled the screws I had to drill a fairly large pilot hole to keep the repair from cracking again.

It took me a while and a friend who knows what he is doing to understand how the genoa track is used.  I like being able to play with the sail shape to see what will happen.  I do have a ways to go before I can use it properly though. 

Al