Here's how the previous owner of my Vega ran the lines (my jib halyard
does not come back, as I've a furler, but other lines do)--and it seems
to work well: blocks are fasten to the aft side of the mast step plate.
The main halyard and jiffy reef line come down to these blocks and go to
a "deck organizer" (Harken, Ronstan, Schaefer make them--in West Marine
catalog), which is a fancy kind of turning block for multiple lines.
This is mounted on the raised part of the cabin top about halfway
between the centerline and the starboard edge of the cabintop, right at
the forward edge of the cabintop -- so that there's an unobstructed run
from the mast step to the organizer. My jib furling line joins the
other two at that point in my three-line organizer. The lines are then
routed back to a three-line rope clutch easily reached from the cockpit.
THe trick, of course, if perfect positioning of the deck organizer
turning blocks - -trial and error is probably best here.
does not come back, as I've a furler, but other lines do)--and it seems
to work well: blocks are fasten to the aft side of the mast step plate.
The main halyard and jiffy reef line come down to these blocks and go to
a "deck organizer" (Harken, Ronstan, Schaefer make them--in West Marine
catalog), which is a fancy kind of turning block for multiple lines.
This is mounted on the raised part of the cabin top about halfway
between the centerline and the starboard edge of the cabintop, right at
the forward edge of the cabintop -- so that there's an unobstructed run
from the mast step to the organizer. My jib furling line joins the
other two at that point in my three-line organizer. The lines are then
routed back to a three-line rope clutch easily reached from the cockpit.
THe trick, of course, if perfect positioning of the deck organizer
turning blocks - -trial and error is probably best here.