John's Hunter 29.5
Not much else we can do. When I need to, I control twist with the boom vang and angle of attack with the mainsheet. They call it "vang sheeting". See the link below; just the first of many Google will find. I adjust my vang all day long. I replaced the useless factory V-cleat on the vang fiddle block with a line run through a block at the mast base, through the deck organizer and back to the clutch that used to handle my jib halyard. The halyard doesn't ever seem to need adjusting with my furler, so it's tied off and hanging on the side of the mast. When my sailing buddy is trying try catch up to me on the lake close hauled, I've sometimes grabbed the mainsheet between the top and bottom blocks (all four strands at once), and pulled the boom up to the centerline. I can't hold it there for long, but I've considered trying to rig a variation of a barberhauler to do the same. I'd either attach it to the boom like a preventer or just a loop around the sheets as I do with my hand. I hadven't thought it through, but I guess I'd need to invest in a block and cam cleat, etc so I could still adjust it easily. The problem is, there's nothing on the boat at the right angle to attach a line to except maybe a stanchion base.
