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## Picnic Cat Upgrades 

## Posted by: George Haycraft, Picnic Cat 

ere's what I (George Haycraft) did with PC#29. I replaced all the blocks with Harken Big Bullet ball bearing blocks for 3/8" line. Mine came standard with non-ball bearing blocks for 1/4" line. With the 3/8" halyards supplied, there was excess friction at all the blocks. This freed up things very nicely. Next, I removed the gaff end fitting and replaced it with a fitting identical to the boom, the one with the ring on the bottom. That got rid of the throat fitting with the rod and loop sticking up, which had been bent by the previous owner. Using a loop of 5/16" line fastened to the ring below, I added a Harken block above the gaff. I also added an eye strap opposite the throat turning block up the mast. These additions allowed me to rig a 2:1 throat halyard, the same purchase as the peak halyard and the boom downhaul. H 

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