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In regards to dual lines, I really like Hal Roths preventer that he details in one of his books. Involves a hefty block shackled to the stem head, and a long line leading aft to the cockpit with a shackle. From the underside of the boom is a line shackled to a bail, the line is the length of the boom so it is cleated off out of the way when not needed.
Tack, go forward and attach the line from the stem to the line on the boom, go back to the cockpit and cleat off. My side decks have enough going on that extra lines being lead aft from the stem are dangerous, and lines lead from the boom to the rail or genoa track make them darn near impassable.
I keep pondering installing a pad eye on each side of the forward hatch with a block block on each. One line runs from the cockpit forward and back. Cut it in half, and splice in a ring, from the ring a line runs aft to a bail on the boom 3/4 of the way back. Thoughts?
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