The way my M15 #361 is rigged, the mainsheet is reeved from a becket on the block at the end of the boom, down to the upper block of a fiddle (?) block, back up to the boom-end turning block, thence forward to a turning block and down to the fairlead and cam cleat on the bridge deck. The lower block of the fiddle block carries the separate line from the outboard ends of the transom. (I hope this is clearer than mud…) This arrangement is rather unsatisfactory, since the boom can not be hauled in much more than over the quarter, and I find Rejoyce! points higher with the boom amidships. Gary O. has been kind enough to provide me further info on his split tail on his M17 LB/GF, and as I understand it, proper adjustment of the lengths of the two tails allows the splice to become "captive" at the block on the boom end, causing the boom to haul in amidships. If I have this right, have any M15s been rigged this way? Can someone provide me verbal or photo guidance? Thanks, y'all. .--.-. | ( ( )__ \ _ / (_, \ ) ,_) | -== (_) ==- -'--`--' /|\ / \ / | \ | ^^ / | \ / | \ ^^ /361| \ / | \ / | \ ^^ / | \ ___/____| \ ______|_ \ ___ _______/ ==== \___\___/ | “MONTGOMERY 15” / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~^~~^=~^~~-=~^~^~=~^~=~~^~= ~^~=~~^=~^~~^~^=~^~-~^~~^~= ^~=~^~=~~^~~=~~=~^~=~~^~~^~^^ John Butler - First M15 was #264