hi all,
now my, new to me, cat's all in parts for the next 5 months it's time for a big clean up and any repairs or mods

my nacra is pretty standard and doesn't have any jib lead travelers or barber haulers that i've seen on other cats and i'm wondering if i can make a simpler system for solo sailing that does the much the same thing

the idea comes from rick white's 80's book "catamaran racing, solutions, secrets speeds" (very good value 2nd hand, often less than 50c!) where he points out that the jib line between the beams would be better set at an angle so that the jib blocks could be adjusted out and forward, downwind, or in and back, upwind, at the same time

have attached a pic of what i'm thinking of and am interested in any comments

in the pic

- the green lines are the new jib block hold down lines, nylon instead of the original wires, (probably the aft attachment point needs to be closer to midship

- the red line is the jib block, orange, control line. controlled on the rear beam by the blue cleat after it has rounded the yellow block

- the black rubber hoses are covering the current jib lines and both will be removed. as they also act as hiking straps they will be replaced by the purple straps in a better position for my legs

- the light blue lines are going to the jib, not fitted

a problem might be that sailing solo in light air i need to be well forward and so the mod could make it too cluttered up there