Hi Steve

I agree w Geoff's comments. In addition, I have put a telltale at the trailing
edge of the 2 top battens. I use the Davis nylon telltales, cut them about 8
inches long, and attach the round sticky pad at the end of the batten pocket. I
have some extra, so find me next Tues night before racing and I'll give you a
couple and show you where I have placed mine.

I find this position to be particularly useful off the wind - I can get the vang
and mainsheet eased to the optimum point so that the airflow on the sail is
consistent vis a vis the windward and leeward sides.

David


--- In parkcitylaser@yahoogroups.com, Geoff Hurwitch <geoffh437@...> wrote:
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> Steve,
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> There really isn't too much of a wrong way to place tell-tales as everybody
has a location that they like, but here's what I like and where I place tell
tales. 
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> Always place the tell-tales about 1 to 1.5 feet aft from the luff so that they
are far enough away from the mast to be effective.  Also, make sure to place
them so that the nylon or strong is coming out the aft end of the sticker that
holds it to the sail so that the tell-tale flows better.  Place each tell-tale
in the middle of a panel of the sail so that it doesn't stick to the seams of a
sail (specially the case with a yarn tell-tale) and finally, I like placing them
in panels 2(lower half), 4 and 5 (in the middle) if you're counting from the top
of the sail.
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> Geoff
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> --- On Tue, 6/30/09, solpinfilms <solpinfilms@...> wrote:
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> From: solpinfilms <solpinfilms@...>
> Subject: [parkcitylaser] tell tails---PLACEMENT?
> To: parkcitylaser@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 10:06 AM
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> hi ho all
> i am sailer with medium skill level.
> I am big fan of Tell tails and rely on them heavily.
> But My new-used boat has no tell tails yet.
> I got a new set of tails from West Coast but I can not find info on
PLACEMENT?!
> Anybody have any ideas about placement?
> I will try to be early to get some free advice from you seasoned sailers!
> Thanks,
> Steve
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