| Re: How to rig the Infusion jib downhaul
[Re: uogecko]
#210820 05/12/10 12:39 PM 05/12/10 12:39 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | I don't shackle the jib to the chainplate anymore. I rig the jib so clue is well below that point and I turn the chainplate around so the tab does not interfere with the jib. I've seen some folks put a large shackle on the clue and around the chainplate. This works well if you've rigged a system to adjust the jib luff tension. I'm a set it and forget it kind if guy, yeah I know, the top guns do it but I'm pretty sure an adjustable jib luff isn't what's keeping me from the top.
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| | | Re: How to rig the Infusion jib downhaul
[Re: David Ingram]
#211268 05/17/10 11:20 AM 05/17/10 11:20 AM |
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 297 rexdenton
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Posts: 297 | Assuming it is stock and not roller furler. If stock, hook the jib at the head, tie the jib from the grommet at the clew with 5mm dyneema or tech line, make a few loops from the chainplate shackle to make like 6:1 purchase, and honk it down and use the cleat on the jib. As mentioned previously, if it is too high up on the forestay, add a loop of rope at the head to make it the correct length. It is a primitive but functional set-up.
Last edited by rexdenton; 05/17/10 11:22 AM.
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