3rd. With my scow, I never cleated the main sheet. That was just a good way to get dumped in the drink. With this setup, just by tightening the sheet, it gets pulled through the cleat. Do you guys/girls sail with the main cleated or do you just give the extra pull up and out of the cleat every time you tighten the main?
See this recent Catsailor thread here...there are two schools of thought regarding cleating. Getting in and out on the wire is greatly simplified by cleating the main, however, some say that learning how to keep the main uncleated can be faster....my personal jury is still out on that one.
Catsailor Thread
