Pete Welch's "Inflight".

We will miss the Buzzelli race this year (BUMMER).

The problem probably is the main halyard stretching/creeping. How long is the halyard line from the wire rope to the opening in the mast? Can a halyard lock be added to the masthead without too mush trouble?

We cannot and do not try to point with them, but we are not even close upwind. The Morgan 24 pointed about 15 degrees higher and without a spinaker finished a 3.6 mile course in 1hr 9 min. We started at the same time as the M24 and with our spin finished in 1hr 19mins.

Without having the main halyard locked at the masthead we cannot apply any downhaul and in my eye, the main looks like used oats.

I need some ammunition to explain to the skipper how important locking the halyard is. He came from sailing a Hunter and does not fully understand cats.