use of spinnaker tweaker blocks or Barber Haulers

[Ellis Ruddick]

I've just finished my first season with Scallywag racing out of
Portsmouth. One of the crew members mentioned looking into using
barber haulers on the spinnaker sheets to give more control and
prevent broaching. Does anyone have these fitted to their GK24?

[Chris Hawkes]

Yes we have on Minx, just like dinghy barberhaulers, guy one on tight, sheet one on hard is breezy or on very light if sheet touches underside of boom or threatens to go over end of boom

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[Martin Bouette]

Yes, we run these on Sampler too. They make a big difference especially when
reaching. We allow the spinnaker sheets to run through a small harken block
to reduce friction and then a 2-1 system lead back to the cockpit.

Chris, are you using a fully battened main now? Is this better?

Martin