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by Peter Libre
August 16th, 2006, 8:22 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: 1 line control of main traveler and jib sheet for solo sail
Replies: 3
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My boat was built in 1996. The owners manual from that time suggested separate lines for control of jib sheet and main traveler. The system I described above is different: a single line pulls on both the main traveler and the jib sheet lines, together; in this way, a single line controls the angle o...
by Peter Libre
August 10th, 2006, 11:47 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: 1 line control of main traveler and jib sheet for solo sail
Replies: 3
Views: 5616

1 line control of main traveler and jib sheet for solo sail

For two years I have had my ARC22 rigged for singlehanding. The results have been totally satisfactory for cruising: alone, with kids, or wife. One line controls both the main traveler car and jib sheet. (I got the idea from a Sailing World article about a solo skiff sailor.) I can trapeze alone and...