[quote=Quarath][quote]my boat does have some sort of rope/pulley set up underneath. i wasn't sure what it was for so i took it out to use the pulleys as jib blocks:
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Though a little different setup than mine. it looks like it was probably for the same purpose. I have recently discovered a way you do it pretty well without the need for an expensive ( or needed else where block).
Take about a 6-8 inch bit of 1/8th inch line and put small closed ring kind like this in it and tie it to the eye on the rear beam that your traveler gets tied off at.
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Take another ring that has enough extra room in for your righting line to move freely through it. Tie a length of shock cord to it. Run the shock cord through the ring at the rear then straight forward and tie it off at the dolphin striker with enough tension that is holds the ring tight at the back of the boat. Tie one end of your righting line around your front beam on one side. (You might have to be creative about this, on the Prindle I had to run the line under the tramp and around the outside of the front beam then along the front of the beam and back under to tie off.) Run the righting line through the ring attached to the shock cord and back to tie off at the opposite side of the front beam making a big V on the underside of the boat.
You end up pretty much the same system as this
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but you use the line you already have and only have to buy a couple cheap SS rings.[/quote]
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