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    Posted: 11 Mar 05 at 9:51am

using the 6:1 down haul could in theory rip the tack of your sail, (the old sails)

but i think the new topper sail, has reenforced materials there to prevent this from happening

 
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Yeah true !
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Lol amusing.
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I think your right waverider, but the little squirts (i mean vertically chalanged ) who will use the 4.2 won't be ablw to pull it on that much, even with the 6:1 purchase.
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Posts: 1682 		Post Options Post Options   Quote KnightMare Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 05 at 3:25pm
yeah just make sure you have a reinforced top of the sail.
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Posts: 909 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Wave Rider Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 05 at 9:15am

The topper class association are allowing another block to be added to the downhaul (cunningham) to make the purchase 6:1 I can see that it would depower the bigger sail a lot but if you pull it on too hard on the smaller sail with the sleeve at the top i think this might break the top of the sail and the mast shoot right up through the sewn sleeve at the top?????

 

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Posts: 3941 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 05 at 12:00am
I'm going for the full sail first, then I'll see if we can pool the family resources to get the 4.2 as a present for our daughter (yeah, she'd like that!)
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Yeh but stil having to have both of them is more than having one of them.
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Posts: 3941 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Mar 05 at 10:47pm
The new sails arent THAT expensive (well, for a sail...) The full sail goes for £165 and the wee one is at £125 ( I think.... ) Not cheap, but affordable still...
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