Vallejo at YRAMay 4 - 5
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1Race 2
1Motorcycle Irene211
2Peaches532
3Desperado725
4Wile E Coyote743
5Elise1358
6Libra18126
7Strega19RAF4
8Dianne17612
9Taz!!1899
10Take Five201010
11Magic Bus217DNC
12Make Me Smile228DNC
13Abigail Morgan22RAF7
14Archimedes221111
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Author: Ralph Deeds
Subject: Running rigging replacement
Info: (13413 views) Posted: Thursday 12-1-05 02:49:38 PM

For jib and genoa sheets I use 5/16ths Samson WarpSpeed. Last year I moved down a size on the theory that the genoa would tack faster and better with smaller diameter, lighter sheets. I'm very happy with the results and would never go back to 38ths. Perhaps surprisingly, nobody has complained about the smaller diameter sheets being hard on their hands and several of them don't use gloves.

For main and jib halyards, I had Thomas Hardware make up some low-stretch rope halyards with covers at the bottom. I don't remember what kind of rope it is. However, you have to keep checking the top end for chafe where the halyard comes out of the sheave. I've had to cut a few inches off the top end of my main halyard after a year or so due to chafe.

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