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Old 10-12-2007, 13:57   #81
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Tacking must be fun...

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Originally Posted by btrayfors View Post
I rig my dipoles on the foredeck, about halfway between the forestay and the mast.
What do you do when you tack?

This would be even harder on our cutter with a roller furling stay sail!

I think I'll stick with my backstay...

Cheers,
Bill

p.s. the running backstay comment was that I think you'd need to attend to the dipoles when tacking as you would if you had runners.
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