Folks, Thank you all for the replies. We rigged downhaul just he way Dave described it and it worked really well. There was not much wind on Muskegon ...

Dave, This makes sense thx. I just looked into manual again and it described the same process - can not figure out how I missed it before (RTFM! again...

Pete, Thank you for the reply. On my big boat I have a"witches hat" under the mast step so I can rig a downhaul with enough purchase, I can not relly ...