[quote=Edchris177][quote]You may want to add a stand up block and make it 3:1, a really simple modification that makes life quite a bit easier.[/quote]
I hadn't thought of that, mine is just set up as per the factory manual. The disadvantage is you would have to pull more line. It actually is surprisingly easy to work just the 2:1. When out in heavy wind, or if I have a newbie at the helm, I have hold of the traveler line, even if i'm forward in the "crew" position. I let the newb steer & sheet the main, with only a few verbal cautions. If they do pooch it, I use the traveler line as a "saved your ass" line, I can dump major power in an instant.
When soloing I hang the line around the the end of the beam, or hold it along with the tiller, & take the time to change it each tack. If it turns out I'm fighting to stay upright, I just travel out a bit. If the wind lets up, I can immediately travel in, without having to head up so I can go get the line without dumping. I thought the forces on that line would be higher, but it is easy to travel in or out using only one hand, even in 30 mph wind.
I find soloing that boat I have to be organized. It is very easy to tip once the wind gets up to 20 mph, I can fly a hull at 10 mph. I have the main in one hand, tiller/traveler line in the other, jib sheet hanging across my forward knee. It takes a bit more time to arrange them all each tack, but i can power up or down as needed or wind changes dictate.[/quote]
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