Cherubini 33 Inner Forestay Question

[Captain Ahab]

Have this inner forestay that has a pulley below and at top of mast. Wondering what its for? Boat did have the old school Schaefer free furling system. Maybe this works with that. I do have that system and a jib but not sure of the rigging. Maybe you have seen this pulley setup?

 

[Ted]

It's probably a 2:1 purchase headsail halyard. Difficult to tell for sure without seeing what's going on at the top of the mast.

 

[Ron20324]

My glasses may be dirty, but that pic does not show an inner forestay. MAYbe that is the jib halyard?

 

[Roland5048]

Looks like you have an attachment point just aft of the anchor locker. Look up the mast and see if you have another attachment point, like a tang, just above the spreaders. That would be for rigging a staysail. I don't know what that cable if for except to raise a headsail. A pic from the mast forward might help.

 

[Captain Ahab]

This is some kind of pulley system. There is a pulley at both ends.

 

[DianaOfBurlington]

That looks like a downhaul system like that Larry Pardey fitted to Seraphin. It connects to the top hank of the headsail to 'encourage'/force it down when lowering sail in light air. I'm doing the same thing to my boat. The line can be led aft like a furling line to permit dropping the headsail from the cockpit - as Pardey intended, a real boon for single- and short-handed sailing.