So Many strings

I think tweakers and Barber haulers have become the same thing just under different names in the dinghy world, tweaker has stuck for the kite and the latter for the jib. It's much easier to shout abuse at your crew when you don't have to explain which Barber hauler you want them to trim. 

Edited by ClubRacer - 18 May 21 at 9:11pm

Tourettes when it all gets wrapped around your legs and throat as you tack...

Originally posted by NickA What do "tweakers" do on a merlin?  I thought those were the things 5o5s use to change the height of the trapeze attachment to the mast.

i'm guessing ist's what  they call one of the  sets of  lead adjustment for  either jib or  spinni sheets ... 

certainly if give n the freedom  a lot of boats  potentially benefit from being abl to adjut sheeting / lead angles  with a couple of different ways   ( see also  short whisker poles on some none spinnaker classes as well as the  full length goos winging  poles)

The jib "cloth" is the halyard, for the sail, we don't have a downhaul/cunningham, that tack is fixed and we control the luff (cloth) via the halyard. It is built in to the forestay setup but we fine tune it. More as the wind builds!