Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on September 11, 2003 at 06:20:20 from 217.137.106.1 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Travellor & sail controls posted by John Nichols on September 10, 2003 at 22:30:32:
It does indeed. On a calmish day so we can't see what he did when things got hairy. It must have been a good safety feature as I still doubt if you could hold it like that if the wind got near capsizing strength.
So how did a 13 year old boy manage it to such an extent that Swallow gybed out of control? He was 'hanging on with one hand' Unless he had then cleated it - the ultimate sin in any dinghy.