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frants
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Initially Posted - 09/07/2005 :  01:23:02  Show Profile  Visit frants's Homepage
After viewing the tape from CD I've bought a downhaul, looking forward to easier single handle sailing. But the new jib doesn't seem to like the idea. Any suggestions?
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 09/07/2005 :  08:06:38  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Make sure you weave it through a couple times, between about each three or four hanks and do not connect to the head, connect one hank down. If you pull the head over it will jam. If you have very small hanks then larger hanks can help any sail come down. My 80% has very large hanks, at 25-30 I want a sail that drops like a rock.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 09/07/2005 :  09:53:29  Show Profile
Where did you lead the downhaul from? A block right at the sail tack?
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Response Posted - 09/07/2005 :  23:46:05  Show Profile  Visit frants's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ClamBeach</i>
<br />Where did you lead the downhaul from? A block right at the sail tack?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">Yes, as close to the instructions as I could. The jib really did not want to move.
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