No.12 Cornish Shrimper pocket cruiser gets a centre mainsheet. Innovation or heresy? You decide.

The family has a loathing of rear mainsheets so I have a centre main conversion. There is nothing wrong with the rear arrangement and i'm sure purists will be tutting into their cans of Sikkens, but the main reasons are: 1. if there are two of you sailing the boat, the rear main can get in the way. eg. those big gybes on the way down to Salcombe were easy with one on the tiller and another controlling the main. 2. I like being close to the mainsheet cleat; less chance it does the wrong thing. 3. when sailing alone (especially when the wind gets up) I like one hand on the tiller and one on the sheet. One forward, one back just feels better. Great for playing the main over a swell.