Thank you, Bob: Both answers are VERY valuable to me. I'm adding a roller-furling and replacing my winches so it's important to know, a. where to run my furling line and b. that I don't have to replace the cabin-top winch ($$$ savings!). Fair winds! --Craig p.s. Are you moving to a Nor'Sea 27'? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Campbell" <racsrv@attbi.com> To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 12:10 AM Subject: Two Questions . . . Oops, I missed question 1. The winch on the port side cabin top is for tensioning your jib halyard. The main on the 17 doesn't need a winch; just a little tension (depending on conditions) on the downhaul/cunningham does the trick. When you switch to CDI furling, you no longer need the winch for the jib. Bob -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Honshells Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 7:24 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Two Questions . . . 1. Why the cabin-top winch on the M17 (port on mine, starboard on others)? If it's meant for the main halyard, I've never encountered the need. Or is it intended for a mast-raising system? 2. Does it make a difference whether I lead my CDI-furler control line port or starboard? If so, why? Okay, maybe that comes out as more like 4 questions. Thanks!!!