I had my innagural sail on my new boat this weekend. It was awesome. Fortunately, there was some timely discussion re: the use of dog leashes to tame the snarl..so one less thing to worry about. Anyway, on to my questions.



- The boat I have is rigged for a 21m2 sail and the halyard block is WAY too high on the mast for my 17m2. I had to ease the halyard to the point where there was 18" of line at the tack and probably 6' off the mast just to get the entry flat enough to fill nicely. Anybody know the distance from the shroud hounds for the Goodall 17m2 chute?



- The rigging guide David Swingle wrote shows running the spin sheets from the block outside both the shroud and the forward trapline. I did this, but the sheet was diverted pretty badly by wrapping around the shroud. It could have been caused by the halyard location issue, but I'm not sure. Any thoughts will be appreciated.



-What do you guys do with the tails for the cunningham and rotation controls? I have mine deadended on a bungee forward and inboard of the daggerboard trunks. I think I may start using that as the dead end for the aft trapline when singlehanding. Any thoughts would be appreciated?



-Re: dog leashes for snarl control. Do you guys think the spring would apply too much pressure to the retrieval line and result in pulling too much on the chute in lighter air?



Thanks for your help.

Jeff.