I thought you had roller furling? If so.... I'd be hard pressed to figure
why you have 5 halyards... unless 3 of them are never used. I've never seen
a photo of Alien with a chute.... or a storm trysail rigged.

Two flag, three on the masthead!

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/aspin.jpg

That's actually the 1st time we flew the spin and it was just about 2 knots of
air.

RB