This is a great discussion and I am enjoying the various views.
I had no clutches on my previous boat, Partisan (the JOG racer/cruiser), and I found it a pain to control the lines - so it was me whom said to Paul a few years ago that this time, on Pango, "I want clutches".
I then by mistake ordered the wrong ones, and simply replaced them this time for the cheaper and better suited Garhauer DC1 version.
I don't have enough experience to understand the different way you can lead the mainsheet and why one way might be better than another. I'm quickly understanding there seems to be several ways to do this, as mentioned in this thread.
So again, I found this interesting, and will see how we go with the current set up. I've only been on one day sail under the new set up, so I will reserve judgement, and see how we go. Paul is pretty confident he has the rig set up right, maybe with a few minor tweaks to come -- I am of a level with my familiarity with junk rig that at this stage of my development I have to trust that my rig designer knows what he is doing - but that doesn't mean I am not interested in alternative views or ideas, and I know Paul is also a bloke that can accept there is more than one way to skin a cat if he finds some other idea works better.
As to moving onto the new project, David, well...I am just not so sure anymore. It was a bit of an impulse buy was the Twister. It certainly will be a more comfortable boat all round, and possibly a better sea boat -- but I am starting to wonder if I really want to go through it all again, both the refurbishment of the boat and the conversion to junk rig. As far as refitting boats - right now, I am mentally shot. I may feel different in the future. The time, energy, and finance needed to refit an old 70's plastic classic boat properly and convert it to junk rig is enormous. If I have only so much money in the bank in five years, and it's a choice to work another five years on top of that to pay for the Twister refurbishment - then I may just say, stuff it, I will keep my money and go sailing in Pango full time. I'm lucky that I can keep the Twister on hardstand for only the cost of the cradle rental per month, which is a nominal fee.
For now, Pango certainly owes me some good sailing time.