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Controls And Adjustments

While many of the other racing sailboats have a large number of adjustments, the Windmill was designed to be simple 

while providing all the fundamental abilities to control the shape of the sails, the position of the dagger board, 

the position & shape of the mast, and the ability of the jib to behave like a spinnaker or Genoa downwind.

The available controls are as follows:

The Windmill Class Association website has a section called  WINDMILL TUNING NOTES  in which there 

are both simple guides and extensive discussions of theory and application.

The Windmill sailors are extremely helpful as individuals and as a group, in sharing their 

experience in tuning for different sailing conditions.

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