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[quote=benedict]Good food for thought. Thanks, guys. A lot of what you said jives with what I was thinking, just remembering how things were set up on my old Prindle, and from what Phil Berman and Rick White had in their books.

For now this is where I'm planning on putting telltales:

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The ones on the foresail are pretty self-explanatory. The lower two near the mast are to check the slot. The upper two near the mast are to sample clear air above the slot.

I'd like to go ahead and stick some on the leach. Here's my reasoning: First, I've got two mains for this boat that are wildly different. So the twist is likely to be different depending on which sail I have up. Second, my traveler can be sheeted in past centerline, to windward. There's really no indicator on deck to let me know if I've done this, so chances are good I'm going to hook my leach a lot before I get a handle on this.

The upper telltales on the leach are to see how air is coming off a twisted sail. The lower ones are to see if I've sheeted the traveler in too far when I'm sailing close to the wind. I have no idea if this will prove to be useful, but it's a thought. In any case I have enough telltales coming to change my mind and lose or move a few after the fact.

I'll let you know how this works out on the water. Meanwhile, I need to go finish compounding my hulls before the sun gets too high.

Tom[/quote]

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