Good to know, I'll avoid West Marine. So when my jib is raised the cable of the jib will hold the weight of the mast and the "forestay" will become...

Thank you, I figured as much and have seen pictures of 16's with double rig. I just wanted to make sure they weren't doing something special to their...

Oh my bad, I'm here in southern Oregon. I called West Marine today and got some really good information from their rigging department. To include th...

Nice so one shock cord is actually used for both trapeze wires, that's good to know. Also I have four trapeze wires and I am running a P16, can my ma...

I found out the bit I'm trying to describe is called an adjuster and takes the place of the turnbuckle so that question is settled 🙂 Quarath I t...

I just took some pictures of my jib as well as that bit of rigging that I don't know the name of. I can't however figure out how to get these picture...

Ah the light just came on. So starting from the shock cord: Shock cord is rigged to the tramp; Then feeds thru the small block (to keep the line ove...

Thank you! Those pictures really help alot I appreciate the extra step to set that up so you could help me out 🙂

Thank you I will make sure and set them aside when I remove my tramp. And if you could take a few pictures that would be outstanding!!!! I'm still n...

Thank you for your response it's nice to know there are others out there with experience sailing the older Prindles as well!!! Ah I see so those are ...

So I'm completely new to the forum and haven't sailed my Prindle 16 in about seven years. When I bought it the fellow I bought it from didn't seem to...