Norm, I have a stemhead fitting on my boat. There are three holes. The forestay goes in the middle hole, and the jib attaches to the rear hole. There is a picture of a stemhead fitting at the bottom of this page: http://tinyurl.com/8dtm8 Here is a picture of a double swivel shackle like the one I use to fasten the jib to the stemhead fitting. It came with the boat. http://tinyurl.com/9dnu5 I do not use a wire between the shackle and jib. Your anchor roller should have holes like the stemhead fitting. I scared my wife on our first sail when the outboard died and I could not get the boat on the trailer. I do not think I have scared here since. It is all downhill from here. Take care, steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY 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 P.S. I saw a M15 in the Ventura CA boat yard this past Sunday. Does anyone know who this is?