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[quote=Andinista]If you will push the boat forward you may tie the lines to the front beams rather than the shrouds. In my case the balance point is between both. And when you move the boat backward you may tie to the shrouds. It sucks when you alternate though, because the wheels typically will only slip once and stay in the unbalanced position even if you change direction again.

What I did for long time was tying to the front beam and having a second thiner line with a hook at the end, at the right length, to clip it around the shroud adjuster. But the second line often got tangled. Still preferable to not having it. At each end of the front beam, close to the inner side of the hull, I have a line around the beam, that goes through an eye strap underneath the beam, to keep it in place rather than using the tramp to stop them laterally. I use that loop for three purposes: to attach the jib tangle preventer, to attach a bridle for a tow line (I do that diferently now), and for the wheel lines.

Today I have longer lines for the wheels and make a sort of triangle: first around the shrould, then through that loop on the beams and ending on the wheel again, on a loop that I set for tying the end. I tied a knot on the line to mark the point of the shrouds, it also prevents that the line slips around the shroud.

In any of the configurations that I've tried, a slip knot is just enough to fix these lines, and it's easy to remove[/quote]

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