[quote=erice]i think it depends more on the length of the foot of the sail. most boomed cats use a long footed sail and most boomless cats a short footed sail
if you just remove the boom and attached the mainsheet blocks directly to the foot of a long footed sail the horizontal component of the mainsheet loads will pull the sail pulled forward and into a horrible shape
if you can compare line drawings of both boomless and boomed boats i think you will see that the sheeting angles are very different
boomless almost vertical and boomed more angled<!-- editby --><em>edited by: erice, Jun 04, 2009 - 02:19 AM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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