Concave affects flex.

The new rule should only affect the new entrants to the list. If your already on the list they don't have any rules that will pull you off it yet do they?

Socks will find any lines you leave laying around the house not secured inside a bag. He will then pull them off the bar and run them around furniture and make a giant snarled ball. Bad socks... not yarn. No!

Joking aside are you asking about the chafe guard on the ends you attach to the pigtails?

It's to avoid people using one off high tech supper prototype kites.

The bottom gets deep quick so the legs may not be as long as some of the other setups. It's a fun spectator setup with lots of fun turning.

I think I was thinking of Higher performance sailing by Frank Bethwaite not to be confused with Not high performance sailing by Frank Bethwaite. Haven't read it yet but it's on my list. May have to read it after I finish The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books.

Didn't someone put out a high performance specific book a few years ago? Aimed at skiffs, cat, spritboats, sport boats and boats that make lots of apparent wind. Can't remember the name.

Mittens.

Yes the 4:1 system will be around 2x the length of the stock... and that is 4 times the amount the 2:1 shortens. So figure adding around the length of the 2:1 in extensions. Don't forget to account for knots and splices when ordering line. Having a bit of extra is great though as it makes good repla...

Set the 4:1 length a little longer then 4 times the decrease in length with the stock depower straps. Measure the fully powered and shortened lengths. I think most strap systems are 2:1 but don't quote me. Make sure you factor in the distances for the turn on the blocks. Your 3:1 or 4:1 length depow...