Hi all,

allways be aware there are large differences in the movement depending on the brand and material of sails. So be wary of using measurements.

Glen Ashby's rule of thumb to me, was with 12 to 1 downhaul you can pull as hard as you like with out doing damage, he made the his luffs strong enough for this. But allways let it off before dropping mainsheet at the top mark.

Just a word of warning when letting off before the top mark be careful, as on one up "Altered" it would power back up so much I nearly tipped over a number of times <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />, as by this stage you have often stopped pointing to make the mark and have started to head for the mark, with no main luffing. So you have to be ready to ease the main. To be honest, alot of the time I found it to difficult, so let downhaul off after letting mainsheet off, before pulling kite up. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />