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Will your sheet leads move aft far enough? 
In Response To: Tell me about the advantages of yankee cut jibs on a cutter rig. ()
() Raising the clew may require your sheet leads to move aft in order to keep proper sail shape. You want the sheet to point roughly at the mid point of the luff so moving the clew up means the jib sheet block goes aft.
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- Tell me about the advantages of yankee cut jibs on a cutter rig.
- Our experience with cutters
- In heavy air and a wet seaway, the higher cut will tend to avoid catching a bunch of green water that might come at it.
- You won't be giving up sail area
- I think a Yankee is a great cut sail. It sets high
- Will your sheet leads move aft far enough?
- Gene, are you thinking about the staysail, the jib, or both?
- Yankee and stysl
- If the cutter is such a high performance rig, why do you almost never see one on the race course?
- If the cutter is such a high performance rig, why do you almost never see one on the race course?
- John Harries is a big fan of Yankees with a cutter rig
- Our experience with cutters