[C320-list] Outhaul with Mainsail Change

[Bruce Heyman]

We went to loose footed many years ago.  Made no changes to the out haul and seems to not have created any problems.  I haven't done the math but I don't believe the forces in the out haul line would increase significantly with the change.  You might be able to now make an argument that the boom is now going to be point loaded where before the force was more distributed along the length of the beam before.
Bruce
Somerset Dana Point

Bruce Heyman
(949) 289-8400

Amiraults Family <amiraults at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>All:
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>This spring Bear will be receiving a lose foot mainsail to replace the
>original which has a bolt rope running in the boom grove. It occurs to me
>that this change in how the sail connects to the boom will increase the load
>on the current outhaul line and shackle. Has anyone else made this change,
>and what if any modifications did you find necessary to the original
>outhaul?
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>Brian Amirault
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>797 Waltzing Bear, too
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