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Originally Posted by Octopus  - Crowded helm/cluster of sheets - yes perhaps. All our sheets are labelled and colour coded, but there were a lot of them in a small area. I view this as an unavoidable consequence of making it possible to sail this boat single-handed and frankly we never found it a problem - it just needs a bit of discipline and organisation. We didn't have to tack at all, so I don't yet know how it will work when life gets exciting, but I don't anticipate any problems.
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This is a good example of features being a question of individual perspective. If you're looking for a boat that can be single handed without running around and/or contorting yourself then you're going to have to bring your lines close together. The 420s are shipped with extra long lines and until they are trimmed I can see why this can become an extra problem. So for some people this is a plus, some it's not. If Badgerman and sail2wind prefer different arrangements then kudos to them - I respect that. Doesn't make this arrangement worse - only different.