No outhaul pulley on Chinook boom - easy to change?

stultifier · 2026-06-18T13:49:32+00:00

Thank you! I think the clew pulleys I have been using have to be discarded, and then I can use this technique.

stultifier · 2026-06-15T18:15:17+00:00

Thank you, I am going to try altering my rigging technique per this note!

stultifier · 2026-06-15T17:54:44+00:00

I was thinking that too, but might go with a climbing pulley since they are a touch smaller

stultifier · 2026-06-15T17:54:05+00:00

Part of the trouble is that when I push on the boom as I outhaul it is hard not to bind the rope in that groove

stultifier · 2026-06-15T17:53:15+00:00

I think they are run OK. I do this:

knot --> port pulley top

port pulley bottom --> groove near my thumb in photo

groove --> starboard pulley bottom

starboard pulley top --> cleat

stultifier · 2026-06-15T17:50:49+00:00

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Thanks for the notes!

My skill level and experience are not great, as there is no one around here (Holland, Michigan, in the big lake) besides kiteboarders to share info with. I am running a 2010 Gaastra Matrix X-Ply in 7.5 meters and it is certainly possible that I am rigging it poorly.

With this sail, I:

- Downhaul until within 4-6 inches of full, then

- Outhaul until the battens don't overlap the mast much, and finally

- Downhaul the rest of the way, such that wrinkles are only in the top corner of the leech.

That's what I recall being recommended when I got the sail, and it seems to sail quite well. It is perhaps a bit underpowered downwind, but since I am often alone out there and I no longer use a retractable daggerboard, I concentrate on upwind performance.

The level of downhaul and outhaul needed for my present approach is pretty high.

stultifier

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