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Originally Posted by benz
Hi Joel,
You'll need a halyard, of course--perhaps's there's one rigged for a spinnaker? You'll want to make sure the stay doesn't interfere with the furler arrangement or with flying the jib--it will make tacking the jib difficult, unless you make the new stay removeable, as with a Highfield lever. It seems like if a furler is a MUST for singlehanding, you'll only use the hank-on sails when with other people on board. Do you sail accompanied often enough to warrant the expense and trouble?
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Thanks for the reply Benz.
The stay will def. be removable. I'm looking into building a tensioner using a cascade of low friction rings, (Antal), and then lead aft. The stay itself will be Dyneema and will be eye spliced to the eye of the mast fitting, (Gibbs"T-Ball" with eye). I'm also considering using a low friction ring as a halyard block also spliced to the eye of the mast fitting and down to a conventional turning block and lead aft. Hopefully, this will allow for quickly moving a pre-hanked sail into position, attaching the stay and tack, and returning to the cockpit, where it can then be tensioned and raised, all with the limited help of a autohelm or crewmember.
That's the thinking so far. The only real expense will be if I have to get my jib re-cut to make it work. That is the real question!
Cheers,
Joel H.