Hi Jeff,

Nice clean looking boat you have there "Down Under". I'm studing your pics but I think I'm missing something .... how does the downhaul line pass behind/aft of the mast, from side to side??? does that shackle w/ a pigtail and sm block get attached to the grommet/sail that I see in one of the pics??? And the other blocks w/ the "cunningham hooks" get hung onto either side of the sail at the grommet???

I don 't see the Over-Rotator Arm on your boat .... most of the N5.8's over here have been retro-fitted with one for windward-leeward race courses. What's your thought's???

Yes, I the same problem when I installed the bowfoil on my P19MX ... but I experimented w/ the location of some cheek blocks on the foil and made the system adjustable from both port and starboard sides ... the line runs out through a camcleat from the crossbar (at the hulls) to the end of the foil on both sides ... turns on a cheek block and crosses the bowfoil ... as it passes from side to side it passes through a small block w/ a small shackle. This shackle get attached to the tack of the jib. The shaft/post of the small block allows the block to spin 360degrees so the jib can assume the correct "entry into the wind". I had to drill out the shaft/post slightly so the shackle's pin would fit. With the rig tension on the P19MX if I "pull" the bowfoil, I know I have on too much jib luff tension. That may not be the case on a N5.8, I do not know how much rig tension is correct for a N5.8 ....

Again I like the pics ... it always nice to see how others have solved problem ... there's usually more then one solution. (I got a (cheap) Digital Camera for Christmas, now I just need to learn how to post pics on the forum ....)


Harry Murphey