Outhaul control: why around the gooseneck?

kebwi

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The outhaul upgrade pulls the a line from the clew, through the eye at the end of the boom (sometimes (always?) with a double purchase by first attaching to the eye, then through the clew, and back through the eye, as opposed to a simple bowline at the clew that feeds through the eye a single time), then forward along the boom to the clam cleat, doubles back to a trucker's loop or a thimble once for purchase, then back through the cleat, which appears to be recommended on the starboard side of the boom to facilitate starboard tack control due to the lateen asymmetry. Everything makes sense so far (although I'm unclear whether the double purchase at the clew is necessary). But why do some examples then show the final tail of the line going forward around the gooseneck and back to the cleat again? I'm not even sure what happens at that point. Does it go through another trucker's loop on the forward side of the cleat and then hang from that point? Why not just have the tail (with a handle-bowline) hang out of the cleat after it feeds forward through the cleat?

Thanks.
 
Two things:
1) cleat usually on starboard side as you are on starboard approaching the windward mark and can loosen it for the off wind leg.
2) after going around the mast the line should be tied to the daggerboard handle. ( It’s less friction to lead it around the mast vs around the gooseneck) That way the line is in ready reach. It’s much harder to adjust when it’s dangling from the boom.
 

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