Okay, so here's a crude schematic. The blue line is attached to the spinnaker top and bottom grommets and runs through the kite block. The black line is the rest of the halyard/dousing line and it is tied to the kite block.

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This picture shows the attached part of the line sticking out of the end of the spinnaker sock, and the kite block.

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This picture shows the bottom spinnaker patch. It's set up so one side of the line runs through the grommet, and the other side is attached (using a stopper ball).

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This shows the modified stopper ball on the other side of the bottom patch. I enlarged the existing hole in the stopper ball and drilled a second hole at an angle to tie off the fixed end of the line. The remainder of this line is standard with one stopper ball used as a spacer one foot from the top, and another at the top grommet to hold the top end of the line.

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Because the blue line in these pictures isn't handled, it can be quite small. It should be a very flexible line for running through the small kite block. I'm using a 1/8" single-braid.


Jeff
Tiger 849