I took the tiller "U" bracket from out of my rather extensive Hobie parts box, threaded a SS bolt through and into the mast foot. Stepped the mast by myself, and now I'm back fiddling with the front bridle/forestay dimensions. I have experimented with various geometries in the front with a roller furling jib and spinnaker, straight setup without the jib but varying degrees of mast rake, and varying heights of spinnaker pole. I still have my notes from earlier experimnetations, but now I no longer have the standard Taipan bridle/forestay dimensions. Does anyone have these dimensions avaiable?

I did find that without the jib, more mast rake was better to weather and still kept a pretty nuetral helm, and the downwind legs with the spinnaker were great. The jib just seemed to get in the way but was rather handy for tacking in good wind and big seas.

Thanks for the input guys.

Jon Hamlet
Taipan 4.9 # 217