We were racing an Evelyn 32 downwind in heavy air years ago. We essentially used the vang to trim the main. As the main loaded up, we'd ease the vang. As the wind eased, we'd trim the vang in. Couldn't have done that easily if the vang hadn't been run to the cockpit.
That experience stayed with me when I was rigging Touche'. Touche's vang is run to a rope clutch on the cabintop. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 1:38 AM, Andrew Means via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > In these diagrams I’ve led the outhaul aft and left the vang & cunningham > up at the mast (although there are fairleads installed for the spinnaker > downhaul on the starboard side of the cabin). The rationale with keeping > the vang at the mast is that if we attach it with a snap shackle we can > remove it and use it as a preventer by attaching it to the toe rail when > running wing & wing. cunningham and vang are also more performance-oriented > controls, and we’ll have a more experienced crew when we race.
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