Sheeting

Posted By: Ashley - R23 s/v Pearl #639 SF Bay
Date: 10/16/08 5:31p.m.

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In Response To: and here are two videos (not as cool) of Busca sailing. (pic) (Tod Mills, M17 #408 BuscaBrisas)

Very nice vid's Tod. In the weathering video you appear to be using the mainsheet as part of a self steering set up, running through a block and back to the tiller which is tensioned to leeward with a bungee. Is it as simple as that? And in the downwind vid I am trying to determine what purpose the jib sheet to the main boom is serving. Additional tension for the helm perhaps as I notice you are also running your self steering main sheet arrangement? Or are you simply using the main boom as a kind of whisker pole?