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    Sailing technique; tired of bending mast sections

    The carbon upper does sound very interesting, but until it is out we will all have to deal with this issue. It this issue more of a problem with Radial? My son is 140 pounds (64 kilograms) so he is not quite at the point where he can go into full rig yet. I hate to generalize but it appears...
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    Sailing technique; tired of bending mast sections

    Yikes! Seven lower sections in a year....this is starting to cost real money. Regarding the question of technique; vang sheeting is what to do in heavier winds and I would guess that you need to put on the least amount of vang pressure needed to achieve this. The question is how do you tell...
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    Sailing technique; tired of bending mast sections

    My son has been sailing his Radial for a couple of years and he has now gotten to the point where he is bending his mast sections (upper and lower). I am pretty sure that he is bending the mast 'cause he is putting the vang on too hard. He has been told to put the vang on hard in 20+ and we...

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