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[quote=Andinista][quote=carbonc]Does your system use a bungee for moving the car to one end? If so I presume you’re only having this issue sailing upwind so you could just move the bungee side to the forward side and put the car on the aft end of the boomlet. Then the breeze would be blowing the tail away from the main blocks.

That being said I haven’t had this issue on my 5.5.[/quote]

I get your point. I don't use a bungee to pull the car aft. The arrangement you propose makes sense but you still need to pull the the car from the front side, because the mainsheet pulls it backwards when sailing closed hauled. But you may add a pulley and move the cleat to the other side. I would be a bit harder to reach, especially when sailing downwind.

Here is what I'm talking about, at 1:25 and 1:35. It hasn't caused troubles but it's a distraction to say the least
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3DpaN_JPyI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3DpaN_JPyI[/url]<em>Edited by Andinista on Jan 17, 2022 - 03:30 PM.</em> [/quote]

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