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Tuning Tips

Art Frager provides sailing tips including advice on adjusting the halyard and forestay. He recommends laying a board flat between the warped load keel and a couple of 2 X 4 blocks to straighten the centerboard, and using a bumper jack for straightening the keel.

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  • tuning
  • tips
  • Art Frager
  • halyard
  • forestay
  • centerboard
  • keel