Mark,
I too live in Eastern NC and we do get wild temperature swings in a single day. Your question about how temperature affects the dux is interesting and I would sure like to hear more about it from the professionals. I have zero experience with dux but have been reading a lot about it and am very much considering rerigging my 36' cutter with it. I have heard from a sailor that rerigged his 35' yawl with dux about 18 months ago. He had a lot of good things to say about the dux but he also mentioned the same thing about temperature changes affecting the dux tension. He said it was annoying. Overall, I think he is very pleased with it.
|