Beside on cat the biggest portion of the rig come from the mainsheet and leech tension. Think 2/3rd or more. The skiffs use ram-vangs and rather weak 3:1 mainsheets therefor don't have this component.
That makes a really big difference.
Wouter
The majority of tension on a Skiff rig is given whilst rigging. This is constant tension which is in another league to a cat. Nothing realy to brag about so don't get too upset guys.
Secondly, the boom vangs add a lot of downward tension to the boom, therefore large mainsheet loads are not required as it leach tension is already applied. Once again nothing to brag about or be disapointed about, so don't feel you must compete. Fact is fact.
My old Dolphin catamaran had a boom vang and it was amazing how much it took away from main sheet loads.
