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Wondering what way folks generally set up the sheet and guy on their kites on their 27's (mk 1-4) - I have a trapper 500. I have never run twings/ barberhaulers or whatever you call them at mid sheet /guy, and 2 issues arise when reaching - the guy bears on the windward shroud, and on the windward guard rail. I set the sheets outside the guard rail - though for a long leg I might set a second guy on the inside instead to take the pressure off the guard rail.
Thanks
Ronan
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Ronan
We use one on our Trapper 500 (UK built version of the C&C27). It is a very effective reaching sail, but once onto a broad reach, it starts to be blanketed quite a bit and is hard to fill on a run.
Gybing is actually tricky, either inside (between luff and forestay - this is what we do) or outside (around the front, need longer sheets). This needs practice and we still often mess up. It should definitely be flown in front of the Genoa though. I run the downhaul back to the cockpit - it pays to let the foot up when off a close reach. Flying it is like a conventional spinnaker - keep each the sheet until you get some luff curl, don't oversheet. We have regularly flown it with just two of us onboard, even for round the cans club racing - though not when windy. We normally hoist and drop behind the furling jib - no real problems there. It is probably faster than my conventional kite on a true reach - and certainly much easier to set. Excellent for cruising - you can sheet it and forget about it.
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