Why did you use a plastic bottle? Why not a wide nylon strap?

Scotty

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Scott & John,

First; Scotty, About the ATN Tacker. I carvered mine out off a used
Tide
Plastic bottle with a line stitched to the outside with loops to
take a
shackle. If you want one, send me a snail Addy and I'll ship you
one.

Second; John, if you need a down haul a block to the Tack Hook,
which
you're not using, and a line to the tack, thru the block and back to
the
cockpit to a cleat.
Also, John, looking at the picture, you would be much better off
running
your Spinnaker forward of all those lines, with your sheets outside
everything (Both working sheet and lazy sheet) Then Gybbing, you
head up
a bit, let go the working sheet, pull the spinnaker thru to the wind
shadow of the Main. Set the new working sheet, Gybe the Main and
away
you go on the new course

That is another joy off the Cruising Spinnaker. Easy Gybbing, no
pole
and only sheets and down haul, to be set from the cockpit. No one at
the
pointy end of the boat during a Gybe.

Ole Thom


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