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    Posted: 10 Jan 06 at 5:57pm
ok i see wot you are saying but i think it would also depend on wot boat you sail or more important what kind of sail it has
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Downhaul loosens the leach !  (you might call it cunningham).
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but wont that also give you alot of leach tenchon which it not what you want in the light stuff

as you want a flat loss sail

 

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Most cat sailors will just set and leave most of the battens.  May play around with the top one on a Fat top" sail depending on wind speed.

To flatten the sail in the really light stuff, just  add a ;ittle more downhaul.

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Originally posted by BBSCFaithfull

U cut the elastic not me  

ahh dont get to angry    ur................. has a bucket.

yer well that was cos u tightened them in the first place.  i will get shom shock cord at the boat show. 

yer i imagine tipex is the best option or abit or tape.   but i think they are fine for the moment.  lets just consentrate or our overall sailing rather than fideling with things to get a tini bit more speed. 

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Here's another tip about the battens.  Its difficult to mark them so that you know what tension you have used in the past. Use tippex its the only thing I know which will leave a mark on black tape.
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U cut the elastic not me i told u 2 take the knot up but did you listen?? nooooo 
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yes i tottaly agree with you redback.  our battens are fine alex.  it will just break if we start fidleing!!  look at what u did to my trapeze elastic!!
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Common wisdom on this in the 4000 fleet is don't fiddle.  Put them in with just enough tension to take the vertical creases out of the sail and leave them.  Whatever you do don't have them too lose - be warned if they jump out of the mast-end sockets when the sail flogs they poke right through the fabric almost immediately.
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I would go with Strawberry on this, in light airs you want a flatter sail to help the wind flow over it. It is amazing how surprised a lot of people look when I sail on by them in light airs with a flat sail while they are there with a big bag in theirs. This is despite a few training sessions where I have pointed this out to them!

All you really need to do is look at most tuning sheets and you will see that (aside from mast rake where is applied and jib cars) the mainsail settings are very similar to the heavy weather settings......
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