Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA
>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"