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Neil, I've often thought that one might help

with Brendon's propensitive for sailing around at anchor during light to moderate winds. Setting one in 20 knots for an example might work pretty well but l haven't figured out how to do it with twin back stays and my solar panels yet. My only question is weather it would be to difficult to get it down if the wind picked up much above that 30/35 knot mark. How do you go about it if could ask. If it was hanked on to a back stay then I don't see much problem but free flying with just a downhaul would be tough. After the 35 knots even on a backstay would seem to me to be risky. Maybe not perilous, but risky.

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