Finally, in either case, the tiller or wheel should be lashed so that the rudder cannot move again, and the mainsheet adjusted so that the boat lies with the wind ahead of the beam with minimal speed forward.
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"I had my head in the computer a fair bit of the time ( on OneWorld ), so it's nice to be wet and get your hands torn apart by the mainsheet for a nice change of pace ."
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When the boom is as near as possible to midships ( near to running fore-and-aft along the boat's centreline ), the working preventer is slackened, the lazy one tightened, and the mainsheet made very secure.
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When the call went out to let out the mainsheet, the friction heat generated by the rope against the drum surface literally fused the polyester line to the epoxy resin in the carbon composite " to create a kind of frozen glop,"
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There's that black Kiwi boat right there, and maybe we're sailing a little higher, a little faster, or maybe we need a little more mainsheet trim, or a bit more on the jib _ just seeing how it's all feeling out.
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In this case netting, slings, an inflatable dinghy or liferaft may be employed, with or without the additional assistance of a 4 : 1 or better mainsheet, a boom vang ( kicking strap ), or may be purpose-made for the job and stored in case needed.
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Doyle, 31, a sailmaker who began his racing career off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and who now resides in San Diego, spent a busy year competing aboard Melges 24s, his Star-class boat, and as the mainsheet trimmer aboard Dennis Conner's cup challenger Stars and Stripes.
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The course of the boat may slew further than expected, which can be ignored as it gives a shorthanded crew time to do the next three things : Run out the mainsheet as fast as possible without burning the hands, ensuring that the newly-lazy preventer runs free, then tighten in and secure the newly working preventer.
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Team New Zealand : Dean Barker, skipper / helmsman, Mike Drummond, navigator, Hamish Pepper, tactician, Peter Evans, strategist, Adam Beashell, heads up / traveller, Tony Rae, mainsheet trim, Grant Loretz, trimmer, James Dagg, trimmer, Chris Ward, grinder, Rob Waddell, grinder, Jono McBeth, grinder, Barry McKay, runner / pit, Jared Henderson, pitman, Nick Heron, mastman, Matt Mitchell, mid-bowman, Jeremy Lomas, bowman.