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      getmwaqar
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      Hi Guys,

      Tails from the boat yard, a lesson well learnt … Now it’s that time of year when my mind turns to getting back on the water, so in preparation for the forthcoming event I popped over to the club on Sunday to inspect the boat and what did I find…

      …To my surprise I found that something had gotten under the cover and gnawed its way through by sail bag (that will teach me!) and chomped a nice big hole in may mainsail! about 20mm x 40mm and about 300mm up from the foot.  Never leave your sails in the boat!

      The boat being quit old, but cherished, didn’t set me back much so I can’t justify paying for a new cruising main. Does anyone know where I might pick up a reasonable priced used mainsail from? I could always tape it ;0)

      On to the main topic of this post,  My GP14 is a MKII 1972 sail number 10164. She has rope halyards for Main and Genoa and I find it almost impossible to get enough tension on the genoa halyard. The halyard is pulled from the base of the mast and secured on a cleat that’s fastened to the centre board casing. The halyard can then have more tension applied to it by means of a tooth arrangement that is fixed to the centre board casing vertically.

      Is there a better way I can tension the rig? I was thinking of fitting a Highfield lever but not sure if the mast will take the extra tension?

      Can anyone advise.

      Thanks

      Dave

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