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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:	SAILING
Notice:	Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:	UNIFIX::BERENS

Created:	Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2299
Total number of notes:	20724

31.0. "cape dory weekender sails" by MKFSA::MONTIVIRDI () Mon Jul 09 1984 07:39

I have a line running down the leech of my mainsail, which looks like
it can be adjusted, can anyone suggest what it might be used for.  To
make it more clear, this line runs down inside the sail, down the leech.

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
31.1		SUMMIT::HOGLUND	`Mon Jul 09 1984 11:55`	2
	It is used to adjust the tension on the leech.
31.2		CURIUM::ARCAND	`Mon Jul 09 1984 17:38`	6
	To go into a little more detail: The line is a leach line. When you have excessive flutter in the leach, caused by an increase in the wind speed, tension the leach line to remove the flutter.