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Cc: Marek Dziedzic
Subject: Re: Stus-List Mainsheet cleats & jibes
Rick,
If you have a 3:1 for the mainsheet, I really, really recommend a 3:1/6:1 arrangement that I use. It was one of the better upgrades I made. It has all benefits of 3:1 (especially, when you do a gybe -
Brass
Subject: Stus-List Mainsheet cleats & jibes
BTW, I have a 3:1 arrangement on the end of the mainsheet at my bridge deck
traveler, and 5:1 purchase for the Garhauer traveler.
Rick Brass
Washington, NC
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Thanks everyone for suppor
Dave;
I suspect that you've identified the cause in your comment below. Shock
loading as the boom hits the end of the swing following a gybe (According to
my copy of the International Marine Dictionary a "jibe" is a sudden or
uncontrolled shifting of the boom from side to side due to steering e
