SHEET!! PROBLEM: WHEN MY MAST IS RAISED TO THE POINT THAT I NEED TO ATTACH THE FORSTAY, I RUN OUT OF SPACE TO TIGHTEN THE SHEET. WHEN I START TO RAISE THE MAST I START WITH THE SHEET ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE END AS LONG AS IT CAN GO. ONCE THE MAST IS RAISED, I CAN ONLY GET THE FORSTAY TO THE FIRST HOLE AND NOT THE FRONT HOLE. IM KIND OF NEW AT THIS, SO I AM ASSUMING THAT THE FRONT MOST HOLE IS FOR THE FORSTAY AND THE HOLE BEHIND IT IS TO CONNECT THE JIB. YESTERDAY I WENT OUT AND I SECURED THE FORSTAY TO THE HOLE CLOSER TO THE MAST AND CONNECTED THE JIB TO THE HOLE IN THE FRONT. IM SURE THAT THIS WAS NOT CORRECT. I DO KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND THE PROBLEM, BUT I NEED TWO PEOPLE. ONCE I GET THE MAST UP, I CAN RAISE THE POLE THAN I WILL HAVE THE EXTRA COUPLE OF INCHES THAT I NEED, BUT IN ORDER TO DO THIS YOU NEED TO HOLD THE MAST AND RETIGHTEN THE JIB LINE ON THE CLEAT ON THE MAST. THIS SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS THE MAST IS NOT SECURED OTHER THAN BEING HELD UP BY ME. BY THE WAY, WENDSDAY IN SOUTH FLORIDA WAS THE BEST SAILING DAY. 74 DEGREES AND 8-10 KNOTS IN THE HILLSBORO AREA. I SPENT THE AFTERNOON SINGLE HANDING MY 23.5 WITH MUCH DELIGHT. MY BEST DAY SAILING YET. WAS IT THE BEER, THE WEATHER, OR THE FACT THAT MY WIFE WASN'T THERE?