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Next round of improvements

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Had another sail, this time with some wind. Still not on the wire though (I blame my weight, well, also the wind). Almost capsized a couple of times due to slips, or messing up with the long tiller extension. Came back with a few more projects. My hands were weak after three hours of sailing, and my legs bruised (find myself kneeling a lot in lighter air). [ Done ] Rework outhaul so it doesn't rub against the vang [ Done ] Raise the trapeze rings so I can crouch/wire in lighter air [ Done ] Improve travel on the vang, I two blocked it at one point [ Done ] Add ratcheting block to the mainsheet system Add non skid to a couple of sections Seriously consider foam pads in areas on the deck! In general though my first set of improvements (mainly the new smaller lines!) worked well. Some of this is already done. New lines to the left below, old to the right. MUCH cleaner now! The new sleeve on the boom worked well, though it may need some reinforcements ...

Splicing overview, and D-Splicer FTW

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I've been splicing lines for years now from a first rough double braided eye slice years ago ( this video was my tutorial, dude is awesome!). Mainly these days I find myself working with stripped lines for lightness and just accept that I need to resplice every so often. The difference is the splice used - a brummel lock splice - takes less than ten minutes to complete - in the video linked it takes three and a half minutes but then you need to whip them to stop the tail working loose. Splicing is something I often do watching TV in the evening. Anyway, I digress! For Farrout I've been doing three types of splice: The brummel lock splice for line segments in the vang, downhaul, outhaul and also the mainsheet end. Locked brummel loops (see this hammock video ) to attach blocks Continuous Control line splices like in this video , so that my lines don't have ends. Over the years I've moved from my original aluminum fids to this stainless set by R...

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