P 14 foresail cleats and genoa tracks

Posted By: Mike Johnston p14 #351 Watsonville
Date: 4/29/08 9:29p.m.

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I have a range of headsails for my gaff rigged P14, from a stormsail to a genoa. I want to install genoa tracks and cam cleats, as all I have now is a horn cleat to sheet the headsail on. I got a set of tracks from Keith Hubbard's #222, both a pair of short tracks and a pair of long, curved ones. I also got some blocks mounted on cars. I do not have the cam cleat/fairlead setup from his boat, nor do we know what it was, but I do have some cam cleats and fairleads. I want to figure out why there are two sets of tracks and where they mount, and also I want to figure out where and with what orientation I should mount the cam cleats. I want to make sure that the cam cleats allow me to trip the jib from the "high side" of the cockpit. I am also wondering if the mounting of tracks on the cabin top that Judy B did on her 19 makes any sense for a P 14. Ideas? Pictures?