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Leach Telltales on the Jib
FastOlson at 7:47am 12.13.22
Unusual discussion, at least to me. The jib tell tails have always been vital to trimming when on th
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Crazy Dave Condon at 7:35am 12.13.22
I know the boat well as I sold and serviced the 170. It is a molded plastic boat. I told Hunter to
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Crazy Dave Condon at 7:26am 12.13.22
For what it is worth! Note at bottom what is said
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Crazy Dave Condon at 7:20am 12.13.22
211633211640 The photos are from a 23.5 hunter and the foredeck is the same as The 240 with a singl
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Joe at 6:28am 12.13.22
The best way to insure this won't happen is to install proper "chainplates" that will attach the "sh
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thinwater at 5:38am 12.13.22
Interesting. Do you find that they stall sooner than the leeward luff tales? Slightly after. The b
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Leach Telltales on the Jib
Marmalade at 4:15am 12.13.22
From Quantum "Telltales can be used on the leech to indicate flow on a non-overlapping jib. As usual
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Davidasailor26 at 3:23am 12.13.22
I thought this was a know thing. I've used them for some time. (not my boat) https://s30384.pcdn.co
Leach Telltales on the Jib
danstanford at 2:46am 12.13.22
My jibs have one leech telltale in the top 25% of the leech and the tuning guide says always keep th
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DArcy at 7:15pm 12.12.22
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Your mast is definitely Z-Spars. Give their service department a call with your hull / serial number

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