David, On my 35/3 I drilled a hole in the anchor roller forward of the headstay and attached a shackle. On my Hylas I use a hole for an anchor pin that was already drilled in the anchor roller.
Joel On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 10:35 AM David Knecht via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have been thinking about ordering long sheets for my “reacher" (A sail) > to be able to do outside jibes. All the videos I have seen for this > technique have the spinnaker tack on a sprit or attached forward of the > headstay. That seems pretty simple, but I don’t have an attachment point > there. My tack can either be attached directly to a padeye on the deck > behind the forestay or to a strap around the furled headsail and then to > the padeye. I think that means that every time I jibe, the tack line will > wrap around the headstay. Is that a problem? I could douse with the sock > and redeploy after jibe (sounds slow for racing) or add an attachment > point to the pulpit for a block so I am forward of the headstay. Am I > missing something? How do others without sprits do this? Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu -- Joel
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
