In those winds it wasn't hard to get a hull up with one person (~150 lbs) trapped out. To try and tac is almost impossible. Had to jybe in most cases. A furling jib would have been nice as i was nearly killed trying to raise it. I was also wondering what i should do with the jib controls. I'm not racing but still like to have a fair amount of control over the jib. My boat came with two pieces of pvc pipe on the jib cables giving me a gap of about 12 inches to work with. I can't remember where on the line the gap is, but i know i have one pvc piece that is probably 6-12 inches longer than the other. So should i have farther back or closer to the front? To me this seems like the absolute worst system for controling the jib since to have full control you need bare cable exposed and, as i found out this weekend, can take some skin off. Has anyone experimented with putting a track right next to the tramp on the hull instead? I've also seen several pics of people putting them under the tramp which sounds like a good idea, but at the cost of adjustability.

Reid Rechel
n5.2
Lake Superior