John, Do both sheets (guy and sheet) run directly to the transom blocks on Miss T? If I'm understanding you, you have a separate downhaul to control pole height? If you e-mail the pic to me I'd be happy to post it for everyone's viewing pleasure.
Gilbert, On some small boats such as my Thistle, the guy (the sheet that goes to the poled tack of the spinnaker) runs from the tack down under a little hook near the shrouds, then back to the block at the rear. The sheet (unpoled clew) goes directly back to the block at the rear, skipping the hook. By hooking the guy, it helps hold the tack down, otherwise it tends to rise up and give a bad sail shape. The red lines in the Harken diagram are substitutes for the hook; tension the red line on the guy, and ease the red line on the sheet. When gybing, the guy becomes the sheet and it's red line is eased. The old sheet becomes the new guy and it's red line is tensioned. But, there are many ways to skin this cat..... Tod -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gilbert Landin Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:32 PM To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' Subject: RE: M_Boats: spinnaker pictures Thanks tod, you are right I would not have been able to tell the b block goes to midmast, what about the red lines to D and F , do you think this are alternatives to blocks at the stern? gilbert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:49 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: spinnaker pictures Tom: I'm very interested in and asymmetrical spinnaker (A-sail) for the M17. The symmetrical spinnaker is a bother for single handing, although I've done it with my M15. Anybody know of an A-sail for an M17? I think it could be flown from the bow pulpit rather than a bow pole, but that may be optimistic. --Gary Hyde N24 'Sailabration' M17 #637 'Hydeaway2' M15 #235 'Vanilla' On Sep 15, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Tom Smith wrote: > > Good question Gil. I'm looking forward to flying a spinnaker on #496 > next summer. I'd like to talk with somebody who's doing it and chat > about hardware and track location and stuff like that. I've got the > chute, do I have the cojones? > > /)) Tom Smith & Jane VanWinkle > M15/345--Chukar > M17/496--Unnamed > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
