[Alberg30] downhaul

[Gord Laco]

Nawo nawo nawo, mates.  I think that part of the confusion might be the
reference to the mitre seam.  Sails made after the early '70's don't have em
and people who started sailing after that may not have seem em.

Imagine the downhaul being a line that goes from the top hank down to the
tack, passing through some sort of fairlead part way along (half way up...
1/3 way up ...) the luff of the sail.  In an old fashioned sail a convenient
place for the fairlead might have been on the mitre seam, but don't worry
about it today as very few sails are built that way.

Gord KC426 - just old enough to remember mitre seams.

----- Original Message -----
From: John Allen <gallen at vcn.bc.ca>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] downhaul


> Okay, okay, Phantomrose, I too must join Tom S in asking for more detail
on
> this intriguing subject.  So far, I'm picturing a line running from the
> foresail clew to a turning point at the forestay in line with the miter
> seam -- this point would need to be attached to the sail, I assume, or to
a
> sliding ring around the forestay --- then to a block at the tack, hence
led
> back.
>
> I can see the bottom of the sail coming down as the halyard is released
and
> the clew line "breaking" the sail, but the sheet would have to be released
> at the same time.  Am I right so far???
>
> I've tried a simple downhaul, but the amount of line I had to deal with,
> made it a nuisance.
>
> Skybird, #522
>
>
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