AQBill
Active Member
OK brothers and sisters, I've read all the recommendations about where to tie the clove hitch on the gaff and how to adjust for wind. Most rigging guides say to start just below the "10th clip" or the "10th grommet" and then go from there with the gaff getting "taller" and the vang getting "tighter" as the wind builds. My question regards the "tack" grommet at the apex of the luff and foot...is this the first grommet or clip these guides refer to, or is the first one the grommet above the tack grommet on the luff where the first clip or tie would go. Every time I see a picture of a Sunfish, I try to count the rings or ties and usually find a lot of different "answers." I recently purchased my second Sunfish from a diehard racer and he left it rigged...and I found the clove hitch at the 11th grommet with the tack of the sail just off the deck without any vang. Still confused!