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When sailing dead down wind, it may be helpful to use adownhaulto reef larger sails.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sail is tuned by adjusting thedownhauland the outhaul.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With this configuration, complexity of sail control is elevated by the addition of dynamic outhaul,downhaul, and mainsheet traveller lines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A windsurfing sail is tensioned at two points: at the tack (bydownhaul), and at the clew (by outhaul).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a windsurfing rig, thedownhaulis the primary load-bearing line which controls the sail's shape.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It supports the sail directly at the tack and the clew, and holds the junk sail assembly down due to the tack line ordownhaul.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lower side of the sail is held in place by a separate set of ropes, the sheet and tackdownhaul.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The cunningham differs from a typicaldownhaulin the way that it attaches to the sail.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thedownhaulis tensioned early in the rigging process and is generally not adjustable on the water, and is therefore rather different in use than the downhaul on a sailboat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Downhaulsetup offers 3:1 purchase.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The most commondownhaulon a modern sailboat is attached to the spinnaker pole, though this may be referred to as the foreguy in some rigging nomenclature.
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