You both gave some great explantions.

I KNOW that there is also upward force applied to the bows, most of the time actually. And yes, of course, my spin pole wants and does bend upward with the sail load of the chute.

I was just interjecting because earlier, the posts acted as if ALL the force was ONLY lifting the bows!

I too have some mast rake which is more than I ran without running the chute. Of course this helps also.

As Shannon stated, all the load, whichever direction, pulling on the mast somewhere above the base, will essentially also 'lever' the bows down some at times.

This has been a great discussion.

Todd Bouton
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