boom main sheeting

Leaves a tidier deck layout too. Less things to hit when running accross the boat. Tried both systems on skiffs and would hate to go back to the conventional system. Red Back mentioned that twin tillers are a disadvvantage. Would strongly disagree because with the twin tiller system you have more control through tacks when its windier. Whats easier, swinging a tiller round the back of a boat or simply sliding your hands along it? Suppose its all down to personal preference.

Edited by 49erGBR735HSC

twins are good in anything above 15knots but there a right pain in the ass in the light stuff; helm cant keep weight forward in tacks or gybes etc...
as for main off the boom its mostly in skiff type boats n depends on the size of the boat.
29ers and anything the same size or bigger do it but in for example in 405's only 2 or 3 boats ever did it n only if it was 25 knots plus.
n in situations such as that depends if the helm or crew has a better technique for playin it.

in 9ers and 405's (duno about any other boats) you dont  ''sweep'' it round the back  u keep it forward...so can stay forward with single unlike double.
 true 2 hands has gotta be betta than 1!
but  in the littler boats.. if the helm has a good thechnique  it gonna go quiker and flatter then a 2  handed crap main playing crew

at the end of the aay in any boat faster than a 29er its worth it, you cant argue with pratically the whole of the skiff fleets around the world, alot of int. 14s, 49ers, 29ers, 18ftskiffs, 12ftskiffs, 16ftskiffs etc etc!!!

You can keep twin tillers pointing forwards - just need some garden hose pipe and some shockcord and a little ingenuity...

Aft sheeting is much less sheet load therefore much less load on the arms compared to centre main sheeting - this is because the rope leading from the gorilla pulling the sheet to the block on the boom is pulling the main almost directly in & out.  With conventional centre main you the force is much closer to the vertical so you have to have much higher sheet load to pull the main in & out.  That means your arms get knackered and you need a cleat...