Rick,
My Wave just got delivered yesterday and I had a great time out on the water. My new question is, why is there not a downhaul like a H16.I realized after I was out that it was too loose and it was difficult to adjust at 15knts.
The Wave has a very good downhaul system, with 4-1 purchase, which is plenty to bend the mast as much as necessary to flatten and depower the sail.
The downhaul line is 8 feet long. You tie it to the grommet at the tack of the sail. You should have two horn cleats on the back side of your mast. You run the line from the grommet down and around the lower horn cleat and back up and through the center hole in the upper horn cleat, and back down and through the center hole in the bottom cleat, back up through the hole in the upper horn cleat, and back down and around the bottom of the lower horn cleat and then just do a half-hitch around the batch.
There are variations on that scenario, but you should somehow end up with two sections of line going up and two going down, giving four-part purchase.
I can adjust mine on the water with no difficulty -- but I have to stop the boat, of course, to do it, and have it headed up into the wind, since I am singlehanding.
Usually, it is easiest to set the downhaul on shore before you go out, depending on the kind of wind you expect. But you definitely CAN change it on the water.
