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windwalker wrote:On the headsail do I attach the down haul to the cable or the grommet? And what do I do with the one that doesn't get attached to the DH?
windwalker wrote:Also what are these for? Just forward of the chainplates, the black part is rubber.
windwalker wrote:Also made a tiller tamer of sorts. Basically a bungee looped from the rope cleats over the tiller. Then there is a SS screw with a brass bushing and a SS fender washer on top that the bungee can be wrapped around, two, three or four wraps, each wrap increases tension and friction, but can still be manually overridden and is quick and simple to remove. What do you think, will it work? Sea trials this weekend with my first overnighter out of a sailboat.
TIM WEBB wrote:windwalker wrote:On the headsail do I attach the down haul to the cable or the grommet? And what do I do with the one that doesn't get attached to the DH?
You have what appears to be a jib with a wire luff. This can take the place of the forestay, and the tack cringle can be attached to the stemhead with a shackle. Luff tension would be provided by the halyard. TRW came with this type of jib setup, but it's been over 10 years, and I only used it for the first year, so the memories are a bit foggy at best ...
A downhaul would be attached somewhere near the head of the sail, led down to a block near the stemhead, then aft to a cleat near the cockpit, but I don't believe that this system works with a wire rope luff, only the hanked-on type.
windwalker wrote:On the headsail do I attach the down haul to the cable or the grommet? And what do I do with the one that doesn't get attached to the DH?
windwalker wrote:Also what are these for? Just forward of the chainplates, the black part is rubber.
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