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The Sail
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Step 17: Inserting the leech line
The leech line is a piece of line that is inserted in the trailing edge to keep an even tension to the sail at the bottom towards the stand-offs, doing so prevents the sail from making an annoying noise. Tension can be tuned, so we can change to some extend the way the air washes over the trailing edge.
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1. Take a fine strong line of about 3m long and a long thick stopper needle (one without a sharp end).
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2. Put the leech line through the seam of the tip between the Rip stop of the trailing edge. Keep sliding the needle sideways towards the spine.
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3. At the tail, pull out the needle and leech line. Pull the line out for about 1,5 m long.
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4. Insert the needle and the leech line in the trailing edge from the other side of the kite.
5. Keep sliding the needle and leech line away from the tail until they appear at the other tip.
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