Hi Jerry;
Acting on your advice I bought a copy of the book you recommended and it does make me want to go out and mess around. When the book arrived I randomly flipped it open and it landed on page 60. That page shows a line drawing of a rope traveler used on the Snipe but similar to the one used on the M-15. The difference was this one is adjustable. The text says "...This traveler is shortened in high winds, to pull the boom down but not in." It goes on, but at my keying speed, I'd be typing all night. Have you or anyone else ever set up this kind of arrangement on a 15? Seems like it would be an easy modification to make. Thoughts? Don Haas M15-248
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... One of my "bibles" thirty-some years ago was Stewart Walker's book PERFORMANCE ADVANCES IN SMALL BOAT RACING, which discusses these things and more, and if you can find a copy you would enjoy it. Reading it kind of makes you want to go out there and mess with your boat. Published in 1969 by Norton, it's probably long out of print. Too bad.
Jerry