I spoke with my sail maker about this - she advised against it - too complex... cheers- Shawn Boles Grey Mist (M17 #276 1978) -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+shawn=ori.org@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+shawn=ori.org@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Tom Smith Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:03 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Jib Downhaul & Reefin Wow, that Gerr downhaul looks complicated . Has anybody ever done that? I see how it works, but I'd think there would be significant friction/resistance using the rings. I'd also think just gathering the foresail to the stay would create quite a bit of windage. Any other thoughts, or better yet, is anyone doing this? t On 4/11/07, W David Scobie <wdscobie@yahoo.com> wrote:
skip:
here are some options -
http://www.widgetsailor.com/myboat/downhaul/index.html
http://www.bosunsupplies.com/images/DownHaul1.gif & http://www.bosunsupplies.com/images/DownHaul2&3.gif
i'm using (essentially) the later version on my M15 (the bosunsupplies links).
Tom & Jane M17 dharma bum
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