Thom Stewart wrote:
Jeff,

I copied it from my previous boat which I Liked and it was in place when
I brought it. I think if you walk though any Marina with you're eyes
open you'll see it very often, I DID NOT INVENT IT!!! I just adapted to
"Pneuma"

Yes, of course. My old Nonsuch had such a rig. I even remember when
I first saw the trick, I thought "I wish I had come up with that!"

I learned to program computer in the early days - my first program was
in 1963 - and there must have been dozens of tricks that every
programmer independently invented. I remember having to tell my
partner that he was not the first person to use a "stack" and a
"linked list."



I also set up a Cruising Vang/Preventer with lines from the Boom to
Blocks on my Port & Star'Bd toe rails forward of the main and then back
to cleats at the helm. This also I DID NOT INVENT!!!

I also Rigged a Cunningham Hook, just forward of my forward Hatch so
that I could "Barbar Haul" the Lazy Sheets on the Jibs, when they were
Poled Out. This also I DID NOT INVENT!!!

There are many things I've adapted that I've seen, read about, heard
about to make sailing easier and more fun that I didn't INVENT. I don't
think there is a active PATENT on them. I have use them. Not everyone
does. I'm very thankful for the ideas when they make life easier for me.
When they work out I do try to pass them on.

An old sailor passing on old ideas isn't a new Idea. Not at all
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