[quote=DamonLinkous][quote=Kevin219]i tried mclube and different shackles and all kinds of stuff at the top there. Im a cleater now and ive never looked back. simple is always better.[/quote]
Whatever gets you on the water I guess, but I wish I could be there with you raising your sail just once and I guarantee you would decide the hook is superior afterwords. There are small equipment and technique details that make all the difference but are hard to describe.
To me the hook IS the simple way and is used by almost all beachcats. Putting the halyard under tension by cleating makes it impossible to keep the sail fully raised and get proper downhaul tension due to stretch in 28 feet of halyard. Also you are putting stresses on the pulleys at the top and base of the mast they are not intended to see.[/quote]
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