[quote=Quarath]I'll try an work up an illustration but the gist is this. You have 2 short cables that come out of your hulls at the ports about midway. you want to take a small line 1/8th inch is what I have and tie them together straight across the tramp.
So you connect to one run the line across the tramp and in the center of the tramp you have a line of grommets. These are some sort of adjustment for the Jib that I am to inexperienced to really use yet so for now pick whichever set is closest to straight across. Run the line down the first one then back up the one directly across from it. Then tie to the other cable on the other side pulling them taught.
Now you should have 2 sets of ratcheting blocks that have a cleats on one end these connect to the ends of the 2 cables. They connect with a small shackle. Now you can shackle right to clew as listed above. I have a small line with 2 tails coming off that I tie to the blocks but it will work either way.
The Jib line will tie off to one of the jib blocks on the tramp, travel to the block on the Jib Clew on the same side of the mast that the block you first tied it to is on. Go through the block and right back to the first block you started from then through it and through it's cleat. Across the tramp and through the opposite block in reverse, going thorough the cleat then around the block. Then on that side of the mast go to the other block on the Jib cleat and through it. Then back to the jib block you just cam from and tie it off. Clear as mud right. I will most likely make since once your doing it.
With the jib up practice a bit pulling the line back and forth moving the jib from one side to the other to make sure everything is moving smoothly and you haven't run something through funny. Once you get it it makes sense. Also by testing this way you will see what Doug means by the Jib blocks getting hung up under the mast.
[quote]Your jib halyard is also a 2-piece design with two brummel hooks. It runs through the ring and through the free end of the top piece of the forestay. Not this is very VERY important:
1. BOTH up and down halyards must run through the ring.
2. The s-hook must hook onto the shackle on the jib so that the open end faces down to catch the ring.
3. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: Test the jib halyard BEFORE you step the mast!!! The brummel hooks will NOT go through the forestay loop. If you have it on the wrong side, you will not be able to pull on the halyard to raise the jib. The idea is when you hook the halyard s-hook to the small shackle on the jib and pull it up, when it's raised, all the left over halyard line doesn't need to be coiled. You simply unclip the brummel hooks and store the halyard. So before stepping the mast, make sure that you can pull the halyard and the s-hook travels up. Discovering this after the mast has been stepped is a royal pain in the *****![/quote]
Doug I may need more info on this or some pics. I jury rigged my Jib Halyard and pretty sure it is not right even though it works. I put a small block on the pigtail of the top forstay and essentially made what is equivalent to a pulley system you use to raise a flag up a flagpole or curtains. It had another small block it goes through on the bottom. If I don't put the stupid thing on upside down so I have to tip the boat over and fix it. Then I pull down on one side raising the other to lift the jib. I have had trouble setting the ring from time to time. The entire loop goes through the ring at the top.
Are Brummel hooks the same thing as Sister clips. I am not sure what these are do you have a picture of these and how they work.[/quote]
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