Hi Bill,

I am obviously happy with the system on Twice Bitten which I have copied on to Altered. I am pretty sure that a couple of guy's used the same system with back beam sheeting, I hadn't heard of tangling problems.

From my experience it is very important to have halyard as short as possible, on the mossie with kite in chute the slack between pulleys (where you pull it up or down) should only reach to side of tramp. I use to adjust at head of spinnaker on shore leaving any extra length tied away at head of spin until I had tried it out a couple of times and then cut it off.

The other suggestions here involve a complete change of system but seem ok. Although I have to say having the system going to back beam doesn't involve pulling from back of boat at any stage it is more pulling it across the boat from the pulley or if sitting inboard pulling upwards, always facing forward while doing it.

Have you tried the Mossie Forum to ask what others do to avoid tangles?

Did Twice Bitten get sold, I think it was in Trading Post?

Look forward to seeing you on F16 forum again.

Regards Gary.