Hi Tikipete,
I actually missed the point what it is good for. On the main forum, somebody said, Ashby is using it, so it must be good. But that is not really an argument.
Especially on smaller cats I like it, if the tramp is as clean as possible. Your crew will be grateful for that.
I sailed a couple of dinghies, which have all this centre sheeting. If I compare it with the classic cat sheet layout, I don't see a benefit. It is not bad, just different.
Cheers,
Klaus
I tried it at various points along the boom and always ran into the same problem as a single hander, as soon as you go right foward when going up wind, the line of the sheet to the mid point conflicts with the side stay, ie the sheet touches the side stay when out on the wire, couldn't really get it to work well but the pulling direction is really ideal
