Norm: The wire thing-a-ma-jig would appear to be a "tack pennant". This is used to raise the foot of the jib off the deck for the purposes of better aligning the air flow off the jib across the main. It also serves the purpose of allowing water to pass under the sail in rough conditions. A stout piece of line does the same job and can be easily adjusted. Jim Desnoyers Ketchum, Idaho ----------------------------Norm wrote---------------------------------- From: "nbundek" Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 14:48:10 -0700 Subject: M_Boats: Attaching the jib to the thin-a-ma-jig I've spent the past weekends sailing (learning) my M15 for the first time. I have had a blast and scared a lot fellow sailors in the confines of the harbor's slips. The fish in the outer waters were smart enough to get out of my way. I've tried the working jib and Genoa. In my reading of attaching to the bow, I've read that you get the best performance keeping the jib close to the deck. So, I did. I shackled the jib directly to the anchor roller with the attaching holes provided. However, one of holes has a wire thing-a-ma-jig about 8" long which looks like something should be attached to it. My working jib seems to low to have any effect on the main. Should the working jib be attached to the thing-a-ma-jig to raise the sail off of the deck the additional 8" or so? Any thought would be appreciated. Remember, if you see me coming, get out of my way for a while! Norm M15 #172 Ventura, CA -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005