Hi!

1)
has anyone pictures of the modifications needed at the forestay and the attachment point of the jib when adding a selftacking jib system to a standard taipan 4.9?

2)
has anyone ever re-used/recutted the standard 4.9 jib for this reason and can tell his experience?

3)
do you think it would be possible to build a very simple [and probably less ideal] jib traveller in form the Laser is having a traveller, so basically just ropes and blocks?

The target is to free the trampolin, not to gain performance, but to invest as little as possible. we have a couple of otherwise useless jibs here where we don't mind to recut them to have a try. we have to focus on 'do it yourself' as the import to China for any original systems from Australia etc. would be very expensive and a sailing gear shop where you just pass by and do your late christmas shopping with Harken and Ronstan stuff seems not to exist yet here...

Any comments from selfbuilders are heartly welcome!

Thanks!

Dirk