[frers-list]Pole downhaul

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:00:10 +0000

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I agree with Dave about not moving the down haul block aft, and will add on=
e more point to consider. If you ever sky the pole in a broach, the angle o=
f the line to the pole will become so acute you will be unable to pull it d=
own again without dropping the sail. This could be really dangerous. That l=
ayout works well on dinghies because you don't have to ease the downhaul to=
 square back the pole, but I wouldn't mess around with a spinnaker as big a=
s ours. And I've had some recent well documented experience broaching to ba=
ck up my opinion.  ;o)

Edgar Smith
Pachyderm

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10pt;">I agree with Dave about not moving the down haul block aft, and will=
 add one more point to consider. If you ever sky the pole in a broach, the =
angle of the line to the pole will
 become so acute you will be unable to pull it down again without dropping =
the sail. This could be really dangerous. That layout works well on dinghie=
s because you don't have to ease the downhaul to square back the pole, but =
I wouldn't mess around with a spinnaker
 as big as ours. And I've had some recent well documented experience broach=
ing to back up my opinion.&nbsp; ;o)<br>
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Edgar Smith<br>
Pachyderm<br>
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