I have realised that the kicker is more imortant than I originally thought.
I noticed that it is important to be able to set the kicker while beating to windward, however this was not possible due to the mainsheet taking all the tension out of the kicker adjuster, so I attached a piece of elastic to keep it under tension allowing me to tune the kicker upwind, ready for the offwind stuff...it works really well.
I attached it to the pulley as my boom does not have metal fitting for the outhaul take off, however if you get a new boat, I think they are supplied with metal fitting to hang the outhaul end to, this is where you could put the elastic.
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