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- From: srgxnbs@grace.cri.nz
- Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
- Subject: Re: Downhauling
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 01:20:10 GMT
- Organization: Industrial Research Ltd., New Zealand.
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- Message-ID: <1k7ccvINNt6l@zephyr.grace.cri.nz>
- References: <1993Jan22.132654.18553@walter.bellcore.com>,<1993Jan26.110126.7127@walter.bellcore.com>
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- ...
- >I don't hold the mast at all while I am pulling - I just pull
- >straight down on the downhaul with both hands. I suppose I must
- >be adjusting the direction of the downward force to balance the
- >boom on its clew end, but this come pretty naturally. Just try it.
- >
- ...>
- >Ned
-
- Any sign of the pulley/cleat coming away from the mast base? On
- my bases (cleat riveted on) this would load the rivets directly
- instead of the normal sheer forces.
- Bruce
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