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This shows my drum setup. The same shackle that holds the forestay also serves to anchor the jib tack. This would not be advisable for those who take their mast/jib down every day.
The safety portion of the double Portuguese Turnbuckle also goes through this shackle. I added the ring to it as it made tensioning with the second line work slicker, the wraps didn't bind on the first line. This allows me to tension the rig, without any danger of dropping the mast.
The jib halyard (green line) begins at the head of the jib, runs up to the small block attached to the pigtail, then down the zippered luff. The jib is tensioned (2:1)by pulling this line, & held by the cleat.
At the end of the day I release jib tension by simply yanking the green line from the cleat, then release rig tension by undoing the second line of the Port T.B.