safety equipment

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hxschiller
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Re: safety equipment

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Michel, It sounds like that arrangement of the shockcord and eyelets you have proposed provides some of the benefits of the "Dutchman" idea where a series of lines runs through eyelets in the sail to force the sail to flake down onto the boom in an oranized manner. Herm

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Michel
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Re: safety equipment

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Yes Herm, indeed it's a variation on the Dutchman. Let's call it the Frenchman, because I first heard of it through sailors in Open 40, 50 and 60 class boats with whom I have contacts.
Michel Capel, Freedom 44 #4 1981 'Alabama Queen', NED8188, cat ketch with wishbones, home port Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, 52*42.238'N 005*18.154'E.

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