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frog0911
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Initially Posted - 11/13/2003 : 08:47:14

Penny II had her maiden sailing voyage on the way back from the fixit shop and preformed well in very light air. However, the jib sheet for the 135 fuller placement has me a little befuddled. When I run it outside the lifeline and then sheet it in hard the sail foot is going over the lifeline at the bow and trying to come under the lifeline at the stanchion aft of the shroud chainplates and sail shape goes out the window. I then ran the sheet between the chanipaltes and the life line which worked great when I pulled the sail in hard, but lost sail shape when eased out on a reach or run. This is the only drawback I see with the cabin mounted jib sheetlead track. The question is where is the best placement for sailing on all points? Lets hear it from the experts.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 11/13/2003 : 10:43:21

Jim,

Somewhat hesitant to weigh in on the wing keel with the inboard shrouds... but I think that your latter approach is reasonable between the life line and shrouds.

Off wind, a whisker pole will compensate for the life line interference.

It is possible to run double sheets and in fact if my memory hasn't completely failed me... the first few wing keels had the chainplates at the rub rails like the centerboard boats did and some of these even had 150s so double sheets were about the only way to solve the problem with fouling on the shrouds.

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Bryan Beamer
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Response Posted - 11/14/2003 : 00:33:48

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I then ran the sheet between the chanipaltes <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

That is how I do it. I tried both ways for months. Inside the lifelines works the best for me. As Arlyn mentioned on a broad reach or a run the whisker pole takes care of the sail shape. I don't really notice a problem with sail shape when on a close reach.

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frog0911
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Response Posted - 11/14/2003 : 10:01:19

Thanks Bryan and Arlyn, I will probably run mine inside also for the close haul problem. I agree with Arlyn that the reachs are not a problem and the pole will take care of the runs. I just have to get my pad eye and mast gate on the boom and I should be ready to go.

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