{"id":1338,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:09:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:09:58","slug":"controlling-the-furling-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/controlling-the-furling-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlling the Furling Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p> Can a ratchet block be used in order to control the release of a furling line?<\/p>\n<p>The 44&#8242; boat I recently purchased uses a small diameter spectra line for furling, and if and when it takes off in a breeze, it can do great damage to the hands! If you let it go, it usually kinks in the aft furling block. Thanks, Ted <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p> Hi Ted: A ratchet block will help, but in a breeze you will want a winch. And in light airs it will probably be necessary to turn off the ratchet when unrolling. &#8211; Steve<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can a ratchet block be used in order to control the release of a furling line? The 44&#8242; boat I <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/controlling-the-furling-line\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-rigs-and-rigging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36234,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions\/36234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}