Mark,
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<br>One reason that I posted the question was the comment about a blown out jib tending to backwind the main. My experience has been, as you said, a fluttering leach. No matter how hard I sheet in a good blow, I can't get the leach to quiet down. (Typical conditions I sail in here on Lake Champlain are 10 - 20, with the autumn winds often 20+.)
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<br>How about the main? Where will the age first show in performance? (Mine is mylar and, like the jib, has been on the boat for five years.)<br><br> Kevin Rose
<br>N6.0na #215
<br>kevin@paddleways.com
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