[Rhodes22-list] Outhaul rigging questions

[Cover-Man]

Jon, you will need to overcome the tendency of the car to drift toward the stern, which allows the sail clew to rise from the top of the boom, ergo the sail will lose its best shape.  You need to be able to pull the car toward the mast to keep the clew closer to the boom track.  Of course this adjustment may change often as you need to pull the sail into or out of the mast.

Best,

Art

Have a nice day!

On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:56 PM, Jonathan King <jonking1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> This season for the first time I'm having some trouble keeping clew down with reefed main. I may have put the outhaul car on the boom backwards, or run the lines incorrectly. Should the sheave on the car be near the mast or reverse? And do both arms of the outhaul line run through the sheave or just one? I know there have been photos published in years back, but I can't find them in my files.
> Jon King
> Sea Otter
> North Bay, Osterville
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