There is no upper toggle on the fore stay. It has a Tee Ball connector that slips into the mast. I assume all H240 boats are like this. I don't see that the upper toggle would give you any advantage in flexibility.
Did you have to reduce the length of your sail's luff by 13 inches? I ask because I just noticed that in the CDI manual. I had assumed that all I had to do was replace the hanks with a #6 luff rope. It seems a rather broad statement to assume that every installation would require the same luff reduction.
Hello, thanks for choosing CDI! We are referring to the luff extrusion requiring a 13" deduction, not the luff of your sail. This measurement takes into account the hardware of the furler so it will always be the same. You also do not require a toggle at the top of your forestay, any secure fitting should be fine. We've updated our manuals to show this, available as a PDF on our website. www.sailcdi.com
We thought that that was the case. We taped rope loops over the measuring tape every four feet and fed it up the jib and measured down to the the toggle pin on the stem. We subtracted twelve and a half inches and cut the CDI luff. We installed the furler this morning. We just kept reading the instructions and moving forward on faith. The loft is waiting on Captain Navy fabric for the UV strips. Now that it is is over it seems so easy. It is a very well thought out design. My father was a mechanical engineer. He would have been fascinated with it.
