hunter 29.5 aft winches set up

[Mario7470]

Hi Shippy,I could not add the photo to my reply but I can in a new topic...voila ! I went to the baot and took pictures for you.Hope this helps you do it. We love the flexibility, the single handling of the Jib from the wheel is perfect.I put 2 fairleads because with only one it was getting caught occasionally in the window’s frame on certain tack...Mario

 

[Bill O'Donovan]

Very clever

...and safer. For $100,000 more you could have gotten the same setup on the new H33.

 

[Shippy]

Thanks Mario

Mario- thanks a ton for the pics2 quick follow-up questions....I can't tell for sure from the picture, but are your running the sheets directly from that aft fairlead to the winch, or are you hooking a block to the eye on the stern pulpits and coming forward again to the winch....I would think that you could run them directly. Also, do you know the length of the jib sheets? I was thinking about adding some type of clutch where you have the aft fairlead so that I could lock the sheet in place when the jib is furled....did you give that any thought?

 

[Shippy]

Thanks Again

Thanks again Mario - that was exactly the information I was looking for.