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OK, back to the Center Sheeting thing, I have a question.

Someone who has this and has used it quite a bit, please talk me through a tack. I do not really like my mainsheet coming off the rear beam as to trim it from the wire you have to bend, twist and pull across your body with your front hand, not good for my old back. I have seen some center sheeting set-ups on A cats and thought about it, but on a tack (or gybe) you will be facing backwards passing the tiller stick behind the blocks while your butt is pointed at the mainsheet, so how do you cross it over, behind your back, while you are on your hands and knees looking aft? The only good thing about having the mainsheet on the aft beam is that it's right there with the traveler and tiller so when you tack or gybe you can see what's going on back there and try to maintain some control. I wonder what's going on behind you if your center mainsheet comes uncleted while you are crossing under and you can't see it because it's behind you.

And then there is the spinnaker sheets to get hung up on the mainsheet clete if it's in the center of the tramp, that's not going to help you gybe the kite fast.


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