Re: Jib Down haul
happy life skills foundation (hapilife@efn.org)
Fri, 9 Jul 1999 22:06:04 -0700 (PDT)
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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my jib came with a downhaul line but no blocks etc. all i did was by an
itty bitty little harken block and a shackle with a 90 degree twist in it
and i shackled the block to the bow plate below the hole that the headstay
fastens to...so i run the line thru the block and straight aft and let it
hang into the cockpit. for lakesailing it's fine. i usually take out the
vented port and stick in a solid one...the vent sometimes interfered with
the action of the line sometimes. i suppose you could bolt down a
fairlead somewhere on the deck but with only 60 days owning my boat and
only about 30 sailing days i haven't bothered to do the fairlead. winter
is coming and then i'll probably add it. but the one block seems fine up
front...you don't seem to need more leverage than that. i was lowering the
jib without the block before...it just wouldn't come down all the way.
Ken Silverman, p-15 "Vegan Lorax"