Let me first say that when you drill the first holes in your almost new sailboat things get very exciting. This message is for those hunter 170 owners who want to stay in their seat and sail. The first modification I made was to bring the main halyard to the rear of the boat. After consulting the designer of the 170 I bolted a cheeck block to the tabernakle on the starboard side. The tabernakle is stainless steel and I do recomend using cobalt drill bits as I broke quite a few regular bits trying to drill the holes. I was worried about the interference of the bolts with the mast so I used round head machine screws from inside the tabernakle. I then attached a three to four inch brass cleat to the floor close to the centerboard trunk. Hunter recomended using wood screws that would benatrate the floor by 2 1/2 to 3 inches. Be careful not to drill all the way to the bottom of the boat. Don't forget your marine sealant, I filled the holes and the base of the cleat with silicone before fastening. This system worked great over the labor day weekend. The next step was to do something about the outhaul. I fastened another cheek block to the boom on the starboard side almost all the way forward on the boom. Using sheetmetal screws with one inch penatration. I then fastened a jam cleat using the same methods neer the aft end of the boom, thus allowing me to adjust the outhaul from the rear. Incedently, everything is on the starboard side because I got a great deal on a new motor but it is a short shaft so my weight is required in the rear for better control. I also ran the furler control line to the back as well. I do quite a bit of sailing in a channel by myself so I need to find an easier way to control the jib when constantly tacking. I attached a block to the clew of the jib. I then ran the factory jib sheet through this block. If both end of the sheet are cleated the jib will automatically roll to the new tack with out me having to touch a line. This allows me to worry about everything else like the barge overtaking me and ect. The other neat thing about this is I can control the jib using either end of the sheet regardless which tack I am on. I will confess I have lost some fine tuning abilities and am currently devising a new system to give me better fine tunning abilities. But for cruising it does the job just fine. If anyone has any questions please email me at kingsatun@earthlink.net Collin