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windwalker wrote:Ooops. Ive been attaching the grommet to the jib DH.
So let me get this straight. I should connect the grommet to the loop in the wire luff with some cordage, then do I attach the wire luff to the stemhead or the DH?
windwalker wrote:Also what are these for? Just forward of the chainplates, the black part is rubber.
GreenLake wrote:windwalker wrote:Ooops. Ive been attaching the grommet to the jib DH.
So let me get this straight. I should connect the grommet to the loop in the wire luff with some cordage, then do I attach the wire luff to the stemhead or the DH?
Wire luff would be attached to the stemhead.
There are two uses of a downhaul. Common one is to attach DH to the top of the jib, to be able to pull it down when it's time to douse it, esp. if there's some wind blowing that may make it not want to come down just by its weight.
In principle, a DH could also be rigged like a cunningham on a main, that is to allow fine tuning of the tension in the luff fabric. However, the way I understood my sailmaker was that this is not needed, and just setting the cordage to the correct length should work.
At the top of the jib, there should be a similar eye in the wire luff and a similar grommet in the sail. (There is on my sail). They get connected with a similar lashing,
The length of the fabric luff + 2 lashings is less than the distance from eye to eye on the wire luff, presumably because the luff will stretch more under tension than the wire. About 1-2" shorter, judging from the looks of it (with the sail rolled up, if that makes a difference).
talbot wrote:Sounds like this boat was set up by a serious racer.
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