by TIM WEBB » Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:40 pm
Mine's a simple single small block on the forward hole of the boom end cap casting (the topping lift attachment lives at the rear hole). I hated the stock V-cleat located about mid-boom, so replaced that with a clamcleat w/ fairlead. So far so good! 3/16" outhaul line. When it's as tight as I can make it, the clew is about 1-1/2" forward of the block, and I get that "shelf or crease" in the foot. When I loosen it, the clew only moves an inch or so forward, but the shelf goes away, and other wrinkles appear in other areas of the main ... ?
I've gotten to the point where I've been able to adjust up/down/outhauls enough to eliminate most of the wrinkles in the sail for any given set of sailing conditions, except one really annoying one just forward of the first batten up from the foot. Asked Joe Waters (sailmaker out of SC) about it at last year's Kettle Kup, and he didn't have a good answer for me ...
Tim Webb
1979 DS2 10099 The Red Witch
(I used to be Her "staff", in the way dogs have owners and cats have staff, but alas no longer ... <pout>)