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I am also curious about how inboard the spin sheets are run. I wonder how this changes the downwind vectors.

Also looks like he lets the outhaul off on the main some. Seems like there would be a lot of draft in the main with that setting upwind.


With a 2.5m wide boat it is generaly thought in OZ that outer gunnell sheeting is to wide. On "Altered" I also had spin sheeting from inside the hulls. I think the sailing angles are controlled as much by spinnaker shape as the sheeting angles.

I don't touch the outhaul, when you give max rotation the foot gets fuller, also that main has just the right angles in relation to the clew tack. So that when you let off the downhaul the foot becomes fuller also. It's great when you pull that extra downhaul in a gust upwind, the foot pulls dead flat. I set the outhaul so it is flat when fully downhauled and never touch it again, not even when rigging or de rigging. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />