[quote=ADixon]Rob,
Floyd is correct about the force on main sheet on Nacra 5.5. You supposed to pull stronger in stronger wind, but stronger wind also require some depowering, which is done by moving clew traveler forward on the foot of the main. Eventually at the extreme, we are trying to bend the mast pulling the middle of main's foot, which cuts 8:1 purchase in half. Not the case with boom, where main sheet block fixed close to the end of the boom.
After a day of sailing N5.5 I often feel my arms become 4" longer 8-) [/quote]
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