[C320-list] double main sheet control?

[Dean Vermeire]

Hi Gene,

You only really need to haul in on either the side of the main sheet.  
It is one continuous sheet with both ends lead aft.

Dean Vermeire
Moonstruck II (#847)

On 9/13/2012 3:35 PM, Gene Helfman wrote:
>   Having sailed for 50+ years on boats with only one main sheet, I'll admit
> to being totally perplexed with the port and starboard sheet arrangement on
> the 320, especially when going upwind in anything other than light air.
>
> My instincts tell me that hardening the upwind sheet should pull the boom
> down and also bring it to windward (recognizing that the traveler also
> determines boom alignment).  To do this, do you slack the downwind sheet?
>   When I do this, the boom moves quickly downwind, making it even harder to
> pull the boom and sail to the upwind side, often requiring putting the
> sheet on the winch and cranking hard.  Is there a protocol?
>
> thanks,
> gene
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