The current M17 uses a loose-footed main.
--Gary Hyde
2005 M17 sailboat #637 'Hydeaway 2'
We can't change the wind, but we can trim our sails.
On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:17 PM, Larry E Yake wrote:
Note this is a good time to ask, is the foot of the mainsail supposed
to stay in the slot in the boom arm? My wife asked, and I just was
not
quite >sure. The rope bead along the foot just doesn't seem thick
enough
to ride in the groove on the boom...
Looks like you have a loose footed main, which is meant to fly free of
the boom. Your pictures don't show it, but I assume there's a slug at
the clew which runs in the slot in the boom.
Sounds like you had a great first sail. Thanks for the report.
Larry
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