easing the main in heavy winds

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PAGetaway

Post subject: easing the main in heavy winds

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:57 am

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I was out last weekend and had a hard time uncleating the mainsheet to ease the main in puffs. The cleat seems backwards as it is easy to cleat, but hard to uncleat. Any advice.

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mmiller

Post subject: Re: easing the main in heavy winds

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:36 am

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You can change the angle at which the cleat is positioned. You may want to lift the sheet to cleat. This also makes the line pop out easier. If you angle the cleat high enough... the sheet will "un-cleat" when you pull the sheet in.

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PAGetaway

Post subject: Re: easing the main in heavy winds

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:12 pm

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Thaks Matt. I will give it a try this weekend.

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