Douse diagnosis (fouled retriever line)

Started by Peter Beardsley, July 06, 2011, 10:48:06 AM

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Scott Ellis

We did have the douse line get caught around the clew as we were dousing and the sheets went all the way in with the sail and we couldn't get the sail all the way in the scoop.  We learned that happens when the douse starts before the sail is all the way around the headstay (if dousing on port).
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Lee Shuckerow

Quote from: Scott Ellis on July 10, 2011, 11:32:19 PM
We did have the douse line get caught around the clew as we were dousing and the sheets went all the way in with the sail and we couldn't get the sail all the way in the scoop.  We learned that happens when the douse starts before the sail is all the way around the headstay (if dousing on port).
just have to make sure your bow person is ready to jump up there and fist the kite into the hole when there is one of those weird problems
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