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The Dreaded Mast Inversion
A technical article with photos explaining mast inversion in Thistles during gusty conditions. The piece features advice from Mike Ingham on how to minimize inversion by maintaining mainsail tension, easing the spinnaker sheet, and bearing off to keep mainsheet tension rather than dumping the vang completely.
View original on Google Drive · page 26
The scanned issue opens in Google Drive; turn to page 26.
This is a summary. The full article text is © the Thistle Class Association — read the original scan via the link above.