Tales from aFarr

Originally posted by iGRF Today I got in the back strap on a blinding reach, I’ve also pretty much got the upwind wiring dialled and I am a happy bunny. I was made for this boat that is if it stays together long enough.

Ah yes, that makes sense, like those awful Solo sails totally destroying their lower entry with that being in the track lark, are they allowed not to have the sail in the boom track?

Originally posted by Jack Sparrow No need, sort your rig out.

My rig is more perfect now than when they made it.

I used to admire dinghy sail builders..

I don't now.

If we're being pedantic a cunningham isn't quite the same as a downhaul, even though they have the same effect.
A cunningham eye is an eye in the luff a few inches up from the tack. Given a sail which has a track on the boom and a fixed point for the tack, usually a pin on the boom, a downhaul cannot be fitted. So to get the same effect the downhaul equivalent goes to the cunningham eye, and when you whack the control on there's a big crease below the eye. A downhaul, by contrast, goes to the tack eye, and the tack goes up and down with the control, rather than having a fixed position.

I'm on a diet now..