505 Mainsheet

I would never hear the end of it from Oakley Jones if I did not mention the 505 class here. Yes, the 110 is a keel boat and the 505 is a dinghy but there are a lot of similarities since both classes have very relaxed rules regarding rigging. Oakley's latest 505'ism is the "headknocker" mainsheet system which you will see on a lot of skiffs and, recently, some hot 505's. The idea was posted via Layline and can be found here.

Unfortunately for Oakley this system is currently all about Ronstan/Fredericksen. Let's see how hard Juice pushes the engineers in Pewaukee to create hardware designed around the needs of the 110.

The US 505 website seems to be gathering a database of rigging photos as I write. This is great as there is some trickle-down to be had and some of their rigging info can be hard to find.