Re: An actual sailing topic

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:19:08 -0700 (PDT), dougking888@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote
this crap:

>
>Bloody Horvath  wrote:
>> Good question.  I race boats, so I want the twin foil, and as many
>> halyards as is possible.  If you lose one or it breaks, you always
>> need a spare.  Same with the spin halyards.
>>
>
>Okay.
>How many times do you change headsails during buoy races?

Are you talking upwind-downwind?  Around the marks?  Or around the
islands?

Answer:  None. depends on the wind.  Really depends on the weather.

>My
>observation is that it's pretty rare. Distance racing is a whole
>'nother can-o-worms but we aren't planning to do any.
>
>Spare spin****r halyard(s) would be nice but I don't think it's going
>to happen with this mast. Frac rig, internal halyards... it's not a
>closely controlled one-design like a J-24, but there are limits to how
>many holes I can cut in the mast.

I agree.  But I've found that the more halyards you have, the better.
Hell, I'd have three main halyards if I could.



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