"Edgar" wrote
| Try shifting the jibsheet turning block further forward. This will pull the
| leech tighter


I bet with the sails pictured, that would not help very
much. They look ready for burial.


Ellen MacArthur wrote:
The trouble is there's no turning block.

Somebody took it off, then.

... There's only a cam cleat way far back in the cockpit.
I tied a little loop of line to the shroud chain plates. I put the sheet through the loop. It pulls it
down better but not enough.

Well, that's inventive. It would be better if you had put a
block there instead of just a rope loop.


.... It needs a pulley on the deck about two or three feet forward of
the shroud chain plate. Maybe I need to get somebody to put one on for me. But, maybe it needs
a track too. That way the pulley could slide back and forth and it would work for the jib and for
the genoa. But the genoa doesn't flap. So maybe the cleat in the cockpit by itself is OK for that....


You can do this yourself easily, it doesn't take any great
skill or unusual tools. An improvement worth having. These
boats originally came with just a fairlead bolted thru the
deck, you can probably spot where that was.

Another very worthwhile improvement would be new (properly
shaped) sails. Not just for looks, they will actually drive
the boat instead of just heeling it over & yanking it in
random directions as the the wind bounces around the rig
like ping-pong balls in a washing machine.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King