The first test of the 4:1 mainsheet was a resounding success, it works great in light/medium air. I still need to grab the 6:1, I can see this being beyond my strength in heavy air. This brings up a new issue, the preventer. Since what was my preventer is now my mainsheet, I did not have a preventer and really hate running wing and wing without one. I rigged up a temporary solution running a line from the boom to a block on the rail and back to the cockpit. That worked fine and was IMHO a lot safer to deal with than releasing a preventer by going on deck and getting if off the boom. I could have rigged lines to both sides and had it set for either tack from the cockpit. So has anyone rigged a preventer system like that you don't need to be up on deck to use? Has anyone just forgotten about it and used a boom brake instead? I have figure-8 stainless boom brake device I have not ever got around to rigging.
Joe Della Barba Coquina
