Shadowfax
Member III
I recently came upon information that may be old news to some, but was unknown to me.
My '88 E34 came equipped with Lewmar Ocean 2 series blocks. Over the years, as I added halyards and other lines I needed to add blocks, which turned out not to be Lewmar because they where given to me by friends, or I picked one up along the way. Recently I saw Lewmar Ocean 2 blocks on Ebay and bought them so that all my blocks would match. When they arrived I noticed that one would swivel 360, one was stationary at 90 degrees to the sheeve and one was in line with the sheeve. Try as I might, I could not get them to move and began to believe that they where somehow defective.
I called Lewmar and asked if I was missing something and it turns out I was. There are settings that are adjustable to; in line, 45, or 90 degrees to the sheeve and 360 degrees, or swivel. Adjustment is as follows: remove the shackle, press the post into the body of the block and move the hole drilled into the post that the shackle mounts through to either in line, 45 or 90 degrees to the sheeve, release the post and reinstall the shackle. For 360 degrees, notice that there appears to be an inspection opening on one side of the block near the neck, remove the shackle press on the post and rotate the post while looking into this inspection opening until you see the head of a pin. Tap on the block and this pin will fall out and the locking feature is disabled, or swivel mode. Save the pin.
I don't know about you, but I have had these blocks on my boat for 18 years and never knew they where adjustable.
Paul
s/v Shadowfax
My '88 E34 came equipped with Lewmar Ocean 2 series blocks. Over the years, as I added halyards and other lines I needed to add blocks, which turned out not to be Lewmar because they where given to me by friends, or I picked one up along the way. Recently I saw Lewmar Ocean 2 blocks on Ebay and bought them so that all my blocks would match. When they arrived I noticed that one would swivel 360, one was stationary at 90 degrees to the sheeve and one was in line with the sheeve. Try as I might, I could not get them to move and began to believe that they where somehow defective.
I called Lewmar and asked if I was missing something and it turns out I was. There are settings that are adjustable to; in line, 45, or 90 degrees to the sheeve and 360 degrees, or swivel. Adjustment is as follows: remove the shackle, press the post into the body of the block and move the hole drilled into the post that the shackle mounts through to either in line, 45 or 90 degrees to the sheeve, release the post and reinstall the shackle. For 360 degrees, notice that there appears to be an inspection opening on one side of the block near the neck, remove the shackle press on the post and rotate the post while looking into this inspection opening until you see the head of a pin. Tap on the block and this pin will fall out and the locking feature is disabled, or swivel mode. Save the pin.
I don't know about you, but I have had these blocks on my boat for 18 years and never knew they where adjustable.
Paul
s/v Shadowfax
