Charles, thanks for the reply.
I bought it (sort of, it was considered part of my yearly bonus at work...my boss had it sitting in the boneyard. I asked him to consider giving it to me as part of my bonus, expecting him to count it as $500-600. When he filled out the bill of sale, he marked it for $100!).
It had a tetherball mounted on top of the mast. He said it was to prevent turtling. Of course, being a newbie, I trailered the boat home and promptly removed the tetherball!
Since my turtling, I've replaced it!
I'm handsewing reefing points about 25% of the way up the sail. I'm getting the impression that small cats like mine do not normally reef the mainsail. Is that right?
