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These would be mounted in the spreader edges.
In Response To: Dinghy blocks are better than fairleads 
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() And only direct the lazy jack hoist out a few inches from the mast. I will need to mount a couple of dinghy sized turning blocks above the spreaders. The higher it goes, the more effective the aft #4 leg will be. I don't see a down side, yet.
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- Mainsail rigging suggestions sought.
- I'm old fashioned
- There is a Westsail Owners Association...
- Having bought a new main last season, I'm still sorting these questions out.
- Well, I think with the Westsail 32, Bill C would probably have had it right when he designed-it...
- Have a friend with a 27 footer with a main like that. In a word, it sux. MUCH smaller sail
- My Westsail 32 had a traveller and mid-boom sheeting
- You know, I'm seriously looking at adding lazy jacks to my 25 footer
Maybe so. But when John Welsford, Michael Storer, Richard Woods, Jim Michalak and Matt Layden