That diagram is obviously if you have a hanked-on jib. Mine came from PO with a Harken furler, and you should have seen the way the furler was done - not by him but by the rigger that he bought it from, around 1994 or so. The lower fitting swaged to the bottom of the forestay had been done incorrectly, so that the locking collar that threads onto the top part of the furler drum could never have been "locked" by threading it up until tight. I am surprised he never dismasted. Unluckily, when I lowered my mast for the first time (by me), the yard guys that helped were not watching as we slid the mast forward to sit on the bow pulpit, and the furler drum caught a stanchion and snapped the upper foil connector. But, on the lucky side, I was able to buy a new connector and fix it, and since I had to redo the stay I bought a non-swaged type connector - and when assembling it per the Harken manual, I realized he always had it wrong. May have saved me a dismasting. Bottom line - if you have a furler and the PO did a lousy job, carefully check it.
