Hi Scarecrow : thanks for the suggestion .Your description is fine . On my setup, I raise the Aussy Halyard ring up over the halyard lock & turn the triangle bar on the mast just above the boom to starboard inorder to move the halyard ring out of line & away from the halyard lock so the sail to comes down . This procedure for lowering the sail does not work with a small main because the head of the sail is not attached directly to the halyard ring . I am still looking for some help to solve this problem ... Bill