FX-1 Tony, thanks for the info and pictures. Your Spinnaker system looks very slick. From most of my investigations, it appears most people place the sheeting blocks on or near the rear crossbar, as you initially did. However, the caption of one of your photos indicated you would move the blocks up to about the mid-point between your wing supports (at least I think that is where you indicated, near the jib blocks (I gather you have a super jib, since the standard jibs bocks (like mine) are on the front cross bar). Why the change? As far as your spinnaker system, did you piece it together (I see you fabricated atleast some of the parts)? or was it mostly from a kit? Alsp I'm becoming a bit concerned about mast breakage since that is a topic that has come up quite often and I do all my sailing in the relatively puffy inland Northwest.
My jib sheet ran through a small block fixed on the front beam which than ran through a block with ratchet. The jib setup came with the boat, the dealer said its easier to use since you have the sheet closeby when sailing.
Picture:
http://www.thebeachcats.com/albums2/album139/IM000794.jpgApart from the Snuffer and blocks all parts are non-sailing related, like the aluminum pole ($40) and the pole bracket which was just a small piece of stainlesssteel sheeting.
The mast bending shouldnt stop you from using a Spi, as long as you keep sufficient pressure on your mainsheet it shouldnt be a problem.
Any more questions? ;-)
