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 The
Dutchman Sail Flaking System is one of the most popular systems for
controlling a mainsail.
At the
2005 United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD,
TheSailingChannel got a first hand demonstration of the
Dutchman by its inventor,
Martin van
Breems. The Dutchman uses vertical control lines laced through
fairleads fastened to the sail. This enables the Dutchman to collect the sail
on the boom with no need to secure the intermediate reef points.
With lines led aft, you can operate the system entirely from the cockpit.
Relatively inexpensive, the Dutchman works with both conventional and
full-batten sails, and you can easily retrofit it to your existing main.
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