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| Elite Keel at San Francisco Yacht Club | May 18 - 19 |
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| Congratulations to Dianne with their win in the Elite Keel Regatta.
Here is Steve's Top Ten List that he has submitted for publication. ELITE KEEL STORY-A LIST OF TEN THINGS THAT HELPED DIANNE 1) The crew: Jarian Westfall, Laurel Schmidt, Mike Pastrone, Jeff Fellicetti 2) Will Paxton wasn't there. 3) This crew can change head sails, the hanked kind, in less then 2.3 minutes. 4) Wilie E Coyote didn't race Sunday. 5) Sun was shining. 6) It was my birthday weekend. 7. El Raton wasn't there. 8. We went left when we could. 9. The wind was blowing. 10. This crew has 59 combined years sailing with me. |
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| Author: Ralph Deeds Subject: Jib halyard tensioner Info: (12880 views) Posted: Wednesday 10-10-07 01:52:50 PM |
:: Has anyone figured out a jib halyard tensioner system
:: that works and does not go through the hull...ie,
:: completely deck mounted? I think I saw two different
:: setups at the Nationals.
There's a lot to be said for simplicity and minimalism in boat rigging. I use the port-side cabin top winch and a horn cleat to tension my jib halyard, a system I copied from the legendary Leon Russell. Jib luff tension is easy to adjust, and the jib comes down like a ton of bricks as the spinnaker goes up. The main halyard terminates at a horn cleat on the port side of the mast a couple of feet up from the deck. Voila!--No clutches which slip and/or wear out the halyard tails, leak water into the balsa core in the deck and scrape the knees of the crew when tacking.
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