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Man, this is a wordy post. Apologies to anyone who made it this far...
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Thanks for the great info. 
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A word of caution about tackers. An inadvertent deployment can kink your furler foil if it's a hard one due to a puff.
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I would think that anytime you used a sail mounted in this way, you would be distorting the foil somewhat. I really don't like this setup too much.
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