Posted by Jon Dykes on
URL: https://forum.mymorbic.uk/Lacing-Sail-to-Spar-and-Boom-tp169p175.html

Hi Paul, that's interesting to read. I've used the marlin hitch (F) on the yard, mainly because it never occurred to me that there was an alternative! Some of the variations look interesting and maybe better especially around the leather on the yard. I think the marlin hitch is easier to maintain consistent tension along the yard.
After discussing it with the sailmaker I have a loose footed mainsail on the basis that it is easier to control the sail shape in the bottom section of the sail and should be more efficient.

Incedentally, after our first sail yesterday I found a few  glitches. The jib sheets catch on the forward end of the boom, do others  have this issue? The boom wants to 'rotate', this is caused by the downhaul attachment, maybe I need to adjust the way it is tied to the boom. The bleater works really well.

For a simple rig there seems to be a lot of string at the mast, with main and jib halyards plus a small flag halyard and I haven't yet rigged the lazyjacks which will involve a lot more string!

Just a few things to tweak, but overall I'm really pleased with the set up and she sails beautifully.