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Default Mid-Boom Sheeting

Bob Crantz wrote:
"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
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"Gary" wrote in message


Of course we could just Hunterize the main sheet and have end boom to


over

cockpit arch to get the best of everything?


Shame when design flaws delegate what should be a boom gallows to nothing
more than a flimsy, rakish, equipment arch. It's the "look fast - go
nowhere" theme of modern sailboat design.

CM

CM



No, it's a spoiler! Hundreds of pounds of downward force to level out the
boat as it goes into semi-plane mode.

Amen!

It would have to be upward force