"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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jakeraker wrote:
What you have is side-by-side vs. something like this?

http://www.tuffluff.com/images/6008_foil.gif


That looks like the old luff foil, which had several crimps in it.
What I have now is nothing.

More halyards are better... you might lose one.


Up to a point. It's difficult and it weakens the mast to add internal
halyards, plus there are limited options on where to lead them.

Couldn't the lower spin halyard be used as a jib halyard in a pinch?

Cheers
Marty


I imagine so.. better than nothing.

Up to a point is certainly true... I don't think one extra would make that
much difference, unless it's truly a room issue inside the mast. Why not
just replace the foil with a new, old one similar to what shows in the
picture. That would solve (mostly) the windage issue and you can still have
two.

What do you have to do inside the mast that would weaken it when you add an
internal halyard?

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