Setting Up Your Own ‘Floating’ Genoa Lead

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Setting Up Your Own ‘Floating’ Genoa Lead
2. The floating lead on this Beneteau is adjustable in three dimensions, forward-aft, inboard-out board, and up-and-down. Note the outboard turning block can be positioned more forward for use when the jib is furled.
Setting Up Your Own ‘Floating’ Genoa Lead
The floating jib lead on this F24 trimaran is adjustable in three dimensions, forward-aft, inboard-out board, and up-and-down. Note the inboard control line leads through a fitting (with a Delrin bushing insert to reduce friction) that rides on the genoa track.
Darrell Nicholson
Darrell Nicholson is Director of Belvoir Media Group's marine division and the editor of Practical Sailor. A lifelong thalassophile, he grew up sailing everything from El Toro dinghies to classic Morgans on Miami's Biscayne Bay. In the early 90s, he left a newspaper job to sail an old gaff-rigged ketch across the Pacific and has been writing about boats and the sea ever since. His weekly blog Inside Practical Sailor offers an inside look at current research and gear tests at Practical Sailor, while his award-winning column,"Rhumb Lines," tracks boating trends and reflects upon the sailing life. He sails a Sparkman & Stephens-designed Yankee 30 out of St. Petersburg, Florida. You can reach him at darrellnicholson.com.