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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!titan!headplant!harsant
- From: harsant@headplant.trl.OZ.AU (Dave Harsant)
- Subject: Re: Running Backstay Question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.052545.7482@trl.oz.au>
- Sender: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne Australia
- References: <1992Nov9.211851.17066@nas.nasa.gov> <1dp1bnINNj9f@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:25:45 GMT
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- In article <1dp1bnINNj9f@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk> bocmunro@bnr.co.uk (Bruce Munro) writes:
- >wind it in when you've done everything else. One thing to watch out for is
- >that in a blow if you tack without releasing the "old" runner then it'll
- >hold the mainsail in and prevent you from bearing away. Not a happy state
-
- It also radically increases the heeling force at the top of the main, and
- can knock you down in a bit of a breeze.
-
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- Dave Harsant,
- Telecom Australia Research Laboratories | d.harsant@trl.oz.au
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