On some earlier posting, someone was asking about jib set ups. I've got pictures of 3 different setups that you can have a look at.
One is VectorWorks Blade set up, one other from Agent Orange Blade F16 and the other, Rhino Grey Taipan F16.
Agent Orange's has a turning block near the base of the spinnaker pole which directs the jib sheet outboard and then through the beam sleeve.
Rhino's follows along the same lines as the US Blade but in both our cases, we don't use the swivelling cleat as the Harkens non-pivoting cleat does a very good job at the same task without the need for a swivel and follows nicely along our minimalist ideas!!
But in the Agents case, most of the sheeting force is directed straight down the spinnaker pole. We first had a system on it which put a bit more side ways load on the jib tack area so that it deflected the tack of the jib to oneside. This way appears to be a lot better, but we can still tidy it up a lot more and are exploring another system altogether..
Comments are welcome as we'd like to see the NEATEST system on the planet with the LEAST amount of fittings. So far so good.
