Robbin,
I have added tack pennants to a number of my sails over the years and the only
problem it has given is having to replace the Genoa track on one boat to get
the sheet far enough aft for the higher sail. That is no problem on Griselda
since she has the perforated toe rail and I can put the sheet bolock as far
back as needed. My Pennant is wire and has an eye slice at the Genny tack and
another on the lower end with a snap shackle. Sure is easier than messing with
a pin type shackle and it gives some room to work under the jib.
Ron
M17 # 14 Fin keel
Griselda
> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 07:53:48 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> [email protected]> Subject: M_Boats: Up your Genny!> > My
> jib and 170% Genny attach right on the bow at deck level using a bow >
> shackle that I bought. From what I see on the web pictures this seems > to be
> what most others with M-17's do. I noticed the other week that I > have what
> appears to be two feet of head stay available at the top with > the head sail
> attached at the deck level. This deck level attachment > means that the head
> sail is always distorted by the bow pulpit which > cannot help the shape of
> the sail and worse yet gets the head sail > dirty! What I did yesterday was
> put a foot and a half of line from the > bow plate to the Tack of the 170
> which raised it clear of the bow pulpit > and higher overall. This seemed to
> work well.> So my question is are there any draw backs to this configuration
> that > anyone can think of? If I have this much extra room should I look to >
> have a bigger head sail made?> > Thanks in advance,> Robbin> >
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