Tom, You are right. It functions like a barber hauler from the front of the mast.
It pulls to the center and forward. Should work well for a working jib. Probably not so well on a 140% jenny and up. Doug --- "Smith, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So this technique is sort of a modified barber > hauler approach, right? > Since I mounted my qenoa track on the toe rail, I > can't close the slot > as much as I would like (and which would probably be > possible if I'd > mounted the track on the coaming instead). I've > thought something like > you suggest would solve this problem Doug. t > > > > > Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle > Fairfield, WA > M15-345 Chukar > M17-064 Unnamed > > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > m] On Behalf Of Doug Kelch > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:37 AM > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > Subject: M_Boats: RE: Jib leads - discovered > technique > > --- "Smith, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do care about loose footed main sail shape and > bottom paint and fair > > > leads on a Montgomery sailboat deck. > > I came acacross neat technique used in Flying Scots > for adjusting the > jib sheet leads. > > The Flying Scot has a jib fafairleadn a track but it > is limited in > length and leaves the slot more open than it should > be or flattens the > jib exexcessively > > The normal jib sheet in use is the leLeewardheet. > The Flying Scot > technique is to use the windward sheet to pull the > jib clew to windward > while using the leLeewardheet for tension. This > will close the slot or > increase the depth of the jib while sheeted in > tight. > > I am looking forward to trying this in the Spring as > the M15 has fixed > locations for the stock fafairleads > > Doug KeKelch"Seas the Day" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
