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Originally Posted by sailingdog
Sailboy-
One reason to use internal sheaves is to reduce the torque load of the reefing lines on the boom. The closer the sheaves the reefing lines use are to the centerline of the boom, the less torque they apply to it.
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You mean its not just to make everything look clean and fancy???
There isn't any torque on the boom in the setup I posted above if the reef line is cleated off to the boom. Lines led aft is a whole other ball game...