There is a lot to be said for keeping it simple and easy to see when it comes to systems.
We had the internal downhaul system on the super taipan but on Sunday we broke the intrnal rope and had no way to fix it on the water... so now we are changing it to the Tornado style, simple, external and easy to maintain.
Its easy to make the cunningham and jib sheet endless to avoid the problem of getting all the rope on one side.
Exactly, my taipan and A cat downhaul drives me crazy when i need to replace the rope internally. What should normally be a 10 minute job becomes and hour and a half job with drilling and riveting.
