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I also need a better outhaul for the main...

I really don't have much of anything... the outhaul goes around one block at the back of the boom... but there is no way to adjust it under any kind of load. It would be nice to have at least a 4:1 set up for adjustment. But since I am flying these "ancient sails" at the moment... I don't grouse about it too much.

The traveler was also set up wrong when I first got the boat... just around one block and then through a cam cleat... no way to adjust it under load. I lived with that for about 2 months until I realized it was just a matter of getting longer line and rerunning it... the blocks where there and worked fine. Same thing with the vang... I guess the PO really didn't use these controls much. I on the other hand tend to trim all the time, so I want the controls to work properly.

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