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- From: kennb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Ken Berger)
- Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
- Subject: Re: Downhauling
- Message-ID: <11190@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:42:03 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.132654.18553@walter.bellcore.com>
- Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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- In article <1993Jan22.132654.18553@walter.bellcore.com> ngs@bellcore.com writes:
- >In fact, I ripped two large Pryde sails by over-tensioning
- >the downhaul. I always set the sail up so it pivots on the
- >clew.
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- Oops!
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- >Be sure to point the sail head downwind before you set it
- >up on the clew. The reason it works is that the force you
- >apply by pulling down on the downhaul causes a reactive force
- >(remember your physics?) upward on the boom. This force
- >helps bend the mast, reducing the force needed on the
- >downhaul line to do the job. This works best if there is a
- >pulley at the bottom of your mast base which allows the
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- I don't think this would work in the parking area at Rufus on a 3.5
- day (even if you were parked in the pit)!
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