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Flicker

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:28 pm
by Illusion
For those of you who went with the extended main and longer boom; did you have to add a flicker on top of the mast, so the main didn't catch on the backstay when tacking? My rigger is telling me a flicker works on a fractional, but not a masthead, especially with our cascading backstay.

Any info is appreciated, thanks,
Dave

Re: Flicker

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:12 pm
by Pterobyte
I've not done it. But I think the problem is getting enough slack in the back stay for the flicker to work.
Anybody else?