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Old 06-28-2007, 08:14 AM
Amgine
 
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Default I must disagree

Pinning the gooseneck will result in *poorer* sail shape, and will more quickly distort a non-laminate sail material (probably also a laminate, but I don't have experience with those to say with certainty.

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Simpler reefing, lower c of e, no jacklines, better sail shape.
A sliding gooseneck with an end stop has one additional step when reefing - tensioning the downhaul. But this is simpler than attempting to tension the luff with the halyard, which with the fixed gooseneck results in working further forward and pulling down, an inherently less-stable position than being aft of the mast and pulling up. Having wrestled with both at night in lousy weather, my opinion is the slider is simpler in practice despite the additional step.

The sliding gooseneck can allow a lower c of e; that was in fact part of the point of *not* switching to the fixed gooseneck.

Jacklines or not is a personal preference, not related to the gooseneck type.

And I believe you have very easy access to a sailmaker to confirm my statement regarding sail shape.

Amgine

Last edited by Amgine : 06-28-2007 at 08:28 AM.
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