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Hello all,

I am the new owner on 3394 - Annie Oakley. I have had her out on the water a few times now and getting used to a rear main boat again (my other boats are all centre main). This is probably the first of many questions from me!

I am looking at the control lines which are currently led to the thwart each side and find I am having the age old issue of running out of rope on one side as they are not continuous (leading to sorting out on a reach/run meaning eyes in the boat which isnt good).

To make them continuous and easy to grab when hiked I was thinking of a ring(s) on a shock cord take up that goes up under the side deck. Is this the usual setup or does anyone have any other bright ideas? I am concerned having them lifted may mean the get in the way when moving forward to keep the boat trimmed nicely.

Also would people do all the control lines continuous (I have 4 led back, shrouds are already easily accessible and are continuous) or are some more key than others? I was thinking kicker and outhaul as these seem to be the main controls that are used.

I have recently purchased N3394 from her original owner Patrick Elcombe. She is berthed at Hunts SC in Cambridgeshire and has already been out a couple of times.

I bought her mainly to sail with my youngest daughter who was finding our Mirror too slow.

She has already drawn many admiring glances from people at the club, I just need to learn how to sail a 12 effectively having been used to singlehanders.