[quote=dmgbear55]Anthony I haven't changed my downhaul setup yet. The 3:1 was able to pull the sail flat, but not much more than that. I have to believe that your existing 6:1 would be adequate and if you didn't fail the hardware on the top of the mast then so much the better. This new sail is pretty flat in the first place compared to the old dacron sails, so once you are able to induce some mast bend with the downhaul I would think you are there. Overdoing it seems like a way to cause more work and complexity than is necessary. So like Andrew suggested, try your existing setup before changing anything.
I did complete the repair on two of the lugs and got everything painted again. Now I just wish I had dug out the lugs in all of the other positions last year when it would have been easy to do. There is no doubt in my mind that the sharp edges on those lugs contributes mightily to this kind of failure. Just adding more fiberglass like I did a year ago may postpone the failure, but wouldn't completely eliminate them.[/quote]
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