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End certainly gives the best mechanical advantage, but..
In Response To: Steve has it right, run your preventer from the end of the boom... ()
it may not be best from a practical standpoint. After all, those two lines are there all the time and will swing across the cockpit every time you tack. I can see a pair of lines to the end of my boom hanging up on me, the winches, or the dodger. I think I'd find a spot a bit forward that didn't hang up or cause problems, then beef it up as needed.
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- We sailed exactly 80nm out of Port Clyde in 10 hours. Then the GPS flashed 12.1 kts, down a wave, the fun was over.
- Quite a start to your vacation
- Great read Tom.......! Thanks.
- Great read. Thanks. Hope there will be more from the trip
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- I got queasy a few weeks ago
- Sounds like you had an adventure.
- Heaving to is a great tactic.
- Get Christmas a Dutchman boom brake.
- Thanks Tom
- Preventer?
- In this case, preventer is a misnomer.
- I'm surprised you don't have one of these
- Tom has roller furling on the boom
- You have it, Steve. I do have a strap as Paul shows,
- Steve has it right, run your preventer from the end of the boom...
- Great advice, I'll be rigging something like that in the future. Thanks.
- End certainly gives the best mechanical advantage, but..
- My preventer set up, which I love,...
- Great advice, I'll be rigging something like that in the future. Thanks.
- You have it, Steve. I do have a strap as Paul shows,
- Tom has roller furling on the boom
- I'm surprised you don't have one of these
- In this case, preventer is a misnomer.
- CCA describes a preventer system that works very well for me
- Really good tale Tom!