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Dipoles can be vertical, sloped or horizontal, the former being the most practical for obvious reasons and the latter would be least practical albeit the most effective if mounted high enough.
The best compromise is therefore a combination or in this case an inverted V configuration with it's apex at the top of the mast with the aft segment in the configuration of a backstay. The fwd portion is problemmatic but of you have room, a baby stay configuration would not interfere with the jib.
the other practical alternative is the sloper configuration where, if your mast is high enough, you can run the entire dipole length sloping from the mast top to transom. The problem with this is, in theory, to avoid RF on the feedline, the coax should be at right angle to the antenna making it an awkward antenna to feed properly.
Any of them will work depending on your boat so try whichever makes sense based on how your boat is rigged.
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