Re: sheets inside or outside of shrouds

Mike Calva (mcalva@ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:31:36 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I always have the sheets inside of the shrouds. But if on a run I use my
boat hook as a cheap n easy whisker pole to force better shape into the
lapper.

Works well as I'm too lazy to re-rig my sheets to the outside of the
shrouds.

Mike Calva
"Panacea" P19 #719

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Silverberg <joels@ids.net>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 6:24 PM
Subject: sheets inside or outside of shrouds

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>I find that on my P-19, I almost always sail on main and lapper. I have
>waffled back an forth between leading the jib sheets for the lapper inside
>the shrouds (so I can point higher) or outside the shrouds (so the sail
>takes on a more natural shape when not close hauled.
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>I'd like to request an informal survey of what P-19 skippers find works
>best. How many prefer leading them inside vs how many outside (and of
>course why!).
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> Joel Silverberg
> P-19 #775
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> joels@ids.net
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