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     Jeff Roy New member Username: Jeffr Post Number: 57 Registered: 03-2001 Rating: N/A |
A follow up on Scott's post regarding loose footed mains. When I first got my boat I was swapping my really old main with my not so old main depending on the type of sailing I was doing. I don't do that any more primarily because I realized my better main was not that great after all and I just didn't want to do the work involved, the extra main is really intrusive down below if you do not take the battens out. Anyway, the newer one was loose footed and I had the older one converted to loose footed for all the reasons Scott posted. I went one step further and had the metal slugs removed from the clew. I use a polyester velcor strap that passes through the clew cringle and wraps around the boom 3 times. This method is used on larger race yachts all the time, except many of them use more expensive spectra/velcro straps. This method eliminates having to walk the clew down the boom and makes swapping mains even easier. The outhaul attaches directly to the clew as it would normally. |
