At first I tied the downhaul to the grommet at the peak of the jib, but
pulling the line folded the peak end down and caused the top hank to jam.
So the line had to be tied to the top hank.
Harry
P14 #234
Mountain View, CA
>Harry,
>
>Thanks for the tip about not routing the jib downhaul through all the
>hanks...I'm gonna try that.
>
>I already have a block on deck for it to go through. How is it rigged aft
>of the block? At this point I just route the downhaul aft to the cabin
>where it hangs over the "companionway". do you have a cleat somewhere?
>Fairlead eyes on deck? I'm interested to know the rest of your downhaul
>rigging.
>
>Thanks!
>Ken Silverman