My ullman main doesn't get close to making it to the boom even when max downhaul. With just taking the slack out of the downhaul it probably makes it to about 8-10 inches above. I could be way off (I have problems estimating stuff like that!)

yeah, just take the trap line off of the bungee and tie a small piece of ROPE to it and then run it to the front bridle then measure where is comes to at the stern.

went out today in mild/moderate wind. Does anyone else sail consistently with a GPS? I use it to sort of pace myself since there aren't any other boats around. How fast are you guys going in moderate wind pointing? I seem to do about 9kn (I can hit 10-11 I guess when footing) or so upwind and 14-15 down in mild/moderate wind. I could suck as far as I know <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />