Re: [Cal_Boats] Inhauler (barberhauler) usage

I have a question for any inhauler users on a 130. First some background. I have rigged an inhauler for my 90 and it works great. Using it I can thread the sail inside two stays and bring the sheeting angle in several degrees, from about 18 degrees in its normal position to about 14 degrees. I think with a full cut racing sail and an inside track I could get it to 12 so I am pretty happy about that. What I am wondering is would it help my 130. The 130 is outside the lifelines and the clew goes to the rail. I think that is also about 12 degrees. The clew is pretty much on the lifeline when the sail is sheeted in tight so an inhauler would not do much there unless I opened the gate and put a gate on the other side (kidding). What I am thinking thought is that with an inhauler I could let the sheet out and get more fullness in the shape and yet maintain the tight sheeting angle by pulling the clew in. Is this crazy, a bad idea, or a good idea? I know there are some people on this list using inhaulers with 130s but I don't know if your boats car run the sail inside the lifelines or not and that changes the inhauler equation a lot. I cannot run my 130 inside the lifeline as the lifeline is attached to the rigging as one of its attachment points so there is just no way to go between them. I would not want the sail inside the rigging as that would not work for reaching. Anyway, thought I would ask and see if anyone bites. Allen

Try it ,take your best crew and fool around with it. An in hauler does just what you want and it is especially well suited to allow less sheet tension and allow more fullness and twist to the sail, hence power where you want it and less power aloft when you allow it to twist off in seas an heavier wind velocity. Happy sailing, My Best, Mike From: Allen Edwards <al… [at] PaloAltoPhoto.com> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue, October 13, 2009 6:25:03 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Inhauler (barberhauler) usage I have a question for any inhauler users on a 130. First some background. I have rigged an inhauler for my 90 and it works great. Using it I can thread the sail inside two stays and bring the sheeting angle in several degrees, from about 18 degrees in its normal position to about 14 degrees. I think with a full cut racing sail and an inside track I could get it to 12 so I am pretty happy about that. What I am wondering is would it help my 130. The 130 is outside the lifelines and the clew goes to the rail. I think that is also about 12 degrees. The clew is pretty much on the lifeline when the sail is sheeted in tight so an inhauler would not do much there unless I opened the gate and put a gate on the other side (kidding). What I am thinking thought is that with an inhauler I could let the sheet out and get more fullness in the shape and yet maintain the tight sheeting angle by pulling the clew in. Is this crazy, a bad idea, or a good idea? I know there are some people on this list using inhaulers with 130s but I don't know if your boats car run the sail inside the lifelines or not and that changes the inhauler equation a lot. I cannot run my 130 inside the lifeline as the lifeline is attached to the rigging as one of its attachment points so there is just no way to go between them. I would not want the sail inside the rigging as that would not work for reaching. Anyway, thought I would ask and see if anyone bites. Allen