[quote=mattson]All great information, guys. This all helps a lot. Going to stay with the length of pole, and measure the luff with the hand twist as suggested the next time I rig the boat.
By the way, I had a swivel from a Hobie 18 forestay and it worked great a couple of times. On the last hoist, I got a wrap in the halyard which the swivel corrected after a 3rd hoist. But I believe the wrap in the halyard occurred because the swivel was there. I need to experiment more with this.
This one point does not make sense to me:
[quote=texastuma]You want to have the mast fully rotated while flying the chute. Think of the loads the chute pulls on the mast. Try to keep the loads in-line with the fore/aft section of the mast.[/quote]
Keeping the mast fully rotated will put the load on the side of the mast, not fore and aft. Am I reading this wrong?
Also, I read somewhere that the main should be travelled out and sheeted tight to act as a backstay. I did this and it stopped the mast bend but was not the best sail trim.[/quote]
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