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Thanks brackish, rescued once more!
Bob23, why on earth did you pass it by the Admiral? Admirals should never be bothered with questions as deep as ballast.
Hope you are sound asleep curtisv. Having sweet dreams, leaving the rest of your poor ComPac comrades still waiting for the water to warm up.

[curtisv]

Got back from BVI last night.  New thread elsewhere rather than hijack this one.

Curtis

[Billy]

Salty,
you mentioned experimenting to see if you can point higher. I recommend putting the jib sheets b/w the stays. If you have a large Genny it tends to fold when sailing down wind (and harder to use the tracks), but anything less than a 110 is not an issue. I use the pad eyes for the jib. And having the jib trimmed in more helps a lot! Make sure that main outhaul is tight too.

[Salty19]

Hi Billy,  yep it pays off to tweak the rig and learn how the boat behaves, that is for sure.

A cure for the downwind genny-jibe is a whisker pole.  Put the mast ring on a t-track  for 'justability.  Just used it for the first time the other day...OMG how did I live without this thing??

[Billy]

I bought a pole last summer and love it too. However mine is not on a track, just have a gin pole ring mounted to the mast about 6" above the life lines. A track would be nice though. It really makes a difference keeping that big sail open on those calm days. Plus it looks really cool on the mast!

[Bob23]

Here, here, Salty:
   I also love my whisker pole. When the air gets light, it's a neccesity. I probably should add some kind of boom preventer also.
Bob23

[Salty19]

Lol, Bob..the preventer is on my list of things to do this spring as well!   I had installed the mast track and ring last year but never got around to using the pole.  It's easier to deploy than I thought too. Still thinking about the design of the preventer.  Working on a bow awning now so the preventer will wait a week or so.