Yep. Probably more for show than increased performance. Mine is a 3-4 foot length of line with an eye on one end and a snap shackle on the other. Once the chute is set, the headsail should be immediately pre-fed and fed ready for hoisting at the leeward mark. The eye of the defraculator is attached to the stemplate or headsail tack hook and the snap shackle is clipped to the head of the headsail. The headsail halyard is tensioned pulling the masthead forward. At the leeward mark, the bow person blows the defraculator snap shackle and the headsail is hoisted.
Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:39 AM Jeff Helsdingen via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Pulls the top of the mast forward when going downwind with the kite up. > Bit surprised it does anything with a sturdy mast like the one on a 35-1. > > Jeff > > On Thu., Dec. 19, 2019, 11:27 a.m. Randy Stafford via CnC-List, < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Hey Dennis - what’s a defraculator? :) >> >> Cheers, >> Randy >> >>
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