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Given most of the boats I'm looking at, and my experience on almost exclusively heavy "blue water" boats. (And my experience on them is all costal, and much of it inside Newport harbor) I doubt the performance hit I'll take will be an issue for me, although I totally understand it for racers or even those with a real need to trim a few degrees off their pointing. I tend to do this for the challenge of it, but seldom sail in circumstances where it's really necessary, more just enjoying the challenge.
I hadn't thought about the wrapping. Thank you.
As for the line, I think that's really a question of someone who just didn't have enough line. Oddly enough, I've sailed on hank on boats where people didn't have enough jib sheet to leave the leaward side through the fairlead. I never got that type of penny-wise/pound-foolish approach, and it's solved simply enough by getting enough line to deal with it in the first place.
Thank you though for your thoughts. A venue where the dominant opinion goes unchecked is sure to miss much vital information. I appreciate it.
-- James
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