This is Randy's old boat "Yo Baby!" My wife and I purchased it about 2 months ago.



When in Ft. Walton I asked him how he rigged the spin on it and he said, as you have already, that he replaced the "bow sprit" with a pole. After sailing the boat a few times in the surf off Galveston, that will be way too low to the water for my liking. I do like the idea of a smaller jib. This solves two problems, 1.) Getting the pole higher out of the water, 2.) Elimanating the need for diamond wires on the pole since the guy wires going to the bows will take the upward component of force.



I can see a lot of tinkering in my immediate future. Thanks for the suggestions, and keep them coming.



Thanks,



Shannon Galway

P19MX