The seperate tack line should be better for racing, as you can get the tack out before reaching the buoy and then there is less halyard to get up the kite, so faster. For just recreational sailing the combined system is less complicated to use and makes it easier for you to find a crew. With the seperate system, an unexpierienced crew will always tear a lot when getting down the spi and the damned thing just doesnt go entirely back in. Its just to easy to forget to release the tack. In this case the system that some Tornados use (the helmsman can release the tack with a line which goes back underneath the tramp) is of big help.
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