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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Nick Rayner wrote:
> One good suggestion was just to make sure the sail was connected by some
> backup means to the board, not that I've done this yet but after reading
> Carlos's story I'll investigate. You could just put a second bolt in the
> mast track and attached a backup line from the sail to that (although
> you'd want it attached to the sail in a way that would stop it getting
> twisted).
That's the problem! If you connect the line to the sail, it will soon
make many loops around the base, unless you make sure that the number
of your falls to the left exactly equals the number of falls to the right.
:-)
(This is true for jibes, if you do not tack at all.)
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