Sorry if I have fallen behind on this topic. These devices seem to be for tensioning the forestay and not for acting to quick connect the forestay. Is that right? David Grah Bishop California Montgomery 15 - Sky Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:04:08 -0500 From: Chris Smith <chris.r.smith@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: : M-15 forestay device Message-ID: <CAPkEqagtKzUwFnWApc9=hGnNOJDrRtevWOC=24cKOs_xbU+uEw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Those look interesting... They're called Highfield Levers, Looks like you've got a Johnson type. If anyone is interested, there are a couple varieties: Annapolis Performance Sailing (APS) - Halyard, Stay, Highfield and Other Levers Annapolis Performance Sailing (APS) - Halyard, Stay, Highfield and Other Levers Halyard, Stay, Highfield and Other Levers View on www.apsltd.com Preview by Yahoo