Hi Christian, My guess is Little Wing is rigged with a wire luff jib, rather than, a hanked on jib. The second line is the tack line. By releasing the tack line and halyard the jib may be pulled back to the cockpit by the sheets. I have seen Potters rigged in this fashion but I do not recall anyone on the list commenting about rigging their Montgomery in that fashion. It would keep you off the pointy end of the boat during sail changes without resorting to roller furling. When I reach the point of needing new sails this is something I will consider.
Welcome to the list. I started off bigger and went smaller, although I take a long look at larger boats from time to time. steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexingotn, KY Christian wrote: <...> It had two lines that are running from the bow that appears to be a jib down haul running to the cockpit. I understand one of the lines would pull the jib down my question is what does the other line do? <...> _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
