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    Posted: 31 Jan 08 at 2:14pm
Well I know what Stollen is but whats a break like cake?
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is this a piece of elastic that stops trap lines getting caught around the battens on the leach of the sail? this sounds like a great idea for the 600, consider it stollen. sorry i can't help with the lenghts question.



And Mike, Stollen is a German break like cake.

hmm, did i mean stolen perhaps? and this is why im not doing english at AS.

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Less of a problem on a Fireball compared with a Contender, but I take your point.
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Originally posted by mike ellis

is this a piece of elastic that stops trap lines getting caught around the battens on the leach of the sail? this sounds like a great idea for the 600, consider it stollen. sorry i can't help with the lenghts question.


I have never used this before buit I'm guessing it will need to be fairly long, or else when going downwind at the back of the boat it will pull you forwards? Maybe you could try it and not the cut the bungee down in case it needs changing?

And Mike, Stollen is a German bread like cake.


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I think the idea is to stop the wire slipping round to the front side of the spreader
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is this a piece of elastic that stops trap lines getting caught around the battens on the leach of the sail? this sounds like a great idea for the 600, consider it stollen. sorry i can't help with the lenghts question.

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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
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Can't think of a better term for it, but I'm referring to the short piece of shock cord connecting the two trapeze wires at spreader height. I had this on the Contender, but don't remember whether the length wants to be:

1. Such that when both wires are bungeed at the gunwhale, neither can slip round the wrong side of the shroud i.e. shockcord just under 2 speader lengths; or

2. Such that when both wires are un-bungeed,  neither can slip round the wrong side of the shroud i.e. shockcord just under 1 speader length.

I guess, on the water, its only case 1 that is important?
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