I forgot to mention that operating the outhaul under load almost always
requires easing the mainsheet. Since the mainsheet is already pulling the
leach tight (hypotenus) there is no room to extend the foot (base). When
you tighten the foot (either with a reefing line or the outhaul) the
The wire is from a time long past. There is little reason not to switch to
rope. Wire used to be stronger and lighter with less stretch. Now its
only real selling point is chaff resistance and is accompanied by a host of
disadvantages. Harder to splice, harder to cut, harder to terminate, when
I am washing, cleaning all the lines on the boat. The outhaul on the boom
always seems to be stiff. Can we make it more user friendly? Smaller lines? Get
rid of the wire? ___
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