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[quote=ADixon]Rob, In my first post in this thread I had one more point [quote]... In your case I believe you should get substantial depowering controlling your mast rotation. Then combined effect of tight main sheet and downhaul should bend your mast and make the main flat. [/quote] Square top offers you not only power in light wind, but good depowering in high winds as well. You have to bend the mast and have tight main sheet. Yes, it is harder to do without prebend, but if you bring mast rotation arm as close to boom as possible, tight main sheet will bend you mast. Also it will release the top of the square top sail, spilling that upper wind. With limited rotation you are not fighting diamonds, but bending you mast in frontal plane. And yes, limiting rotation is depowering feature by itself. Anything wrong here? BTW, I do have swept spreaders, but no prebend. I think prebend theory is younger than my boat.[/quote]

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