[MHml] Rigging an assym spi

[Roy Mills]

My set up is a cross between Gary's and what you are suggesting. 
However it has an additional item, a 10 foot long pole hinged at the 
centre of the front crossbeam. The pole has both an adjustable line 
down to the crosswise line - 1/4" 7 by 21 wire in my case, and a line 
from the pole end through a block on each bow and back to that 
cockpit to a turning block , winch and cleat. It also is supported  a 
bit above the horizontal with a length of light line from the pole 
end to the top of the seagull striker strut. It flies both the symm 
chute or the drifter/reacher, so should handle an assym with 
aplomb.  When swinging the pole from one gybe to the next it creates 
a 10 foot gap between the pole end and the jib luff and the spi has 
no problem in passing through, neither has the drifter/reacher when 
tacking. It permits a wide range of tack locations and can fix it 
quite securely. Letting it come all the way back to rest at the end 
of the front crossbeam makes for a convenient and safe place to 
attach the sail tack to the pole end IMHO.

	 You can get all of that without a pole, I guess, but certain 
advantages, as I see them, would be missing along with the pole.

	Roy Mills