On 12/04/2011 9:09 PM, DMcD wrote:
On America's cup boats, they change the genoa sheets after every 300 tacks or thereabouts. Someone counts each tack. Few if anyone's lives depend on a set of jib sheets. The rope used for aerotows is not expensive (compared with the sheets on an AC boat) so you may wonder why we don't change them more often.
At least with SXGC, we'd be changing ropes about once a week or more frequently in summer if we changed every 200 launches like suggested earlier. That adds up to a lot of money very fast.
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