5/9/2012
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Mainsheet System
The efficient 3:1 mainsheet system features a 40 mm switchable ratchet on the boom that can be turned to manage heavy loads. Easily opening and closing the leach at the top of the sail is considered the Thistle's single most important adjustment for maintaining optimum hull speed.
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Vang
The 8:1 vang system ends at the center of the boat so it is easily accessible both upwind and downwind. Like any vang on a boat with a mainsail of such proportional power, vang tension helps control leach shape as measured by the top batten position, and allows the mainsheet to function as a secondary traveler.
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Mainsheet Traveler Control System
This 2:1 transom-mounted systems features low-profile track and traveler car rigged with top-mounted sheaves. Double-ended controls on the trunk cap allow crew to trim from the rail.
