I answered an ad in the freebie section for a free catbox. When I showed up to pick it up the guy said "I never cleaned it out, it still has all the boat parts". Score! And it turns out it was even for a P16! My same boat. Here's the question, the jib doesn't have a zipper but has a wire run through the luff with eyes on either end. Is this from an earlier prindle or maybe a different boat?
You now have a jib from the original P16.
It can be modified to work on your boat, but a sailmaker is required to make the changes.
(Remove the cable, put on a full length zipper luff...)
You might try to sell it as is and use the money to buy a new one for your boat, or something nice for your crew. π
There aren't many older versions of that jib still around.
Or if you find a trashed H-16 around, snag the forestay/jib halyard and replace your 2 piece forestay. Pete
prindle pete
Wow cool! It seemed like it was older than my current boat. This cat box is just full of goodies lots of spare parts, extra rudder, 5 to 1 harken mainsheet set up. Tons of misc parts. Will the early mainsail work with my 1980s boat?