I've exhausted my searching of this and other sites to no avail, so I'll ask for help. Does anyone have good pictures showing their block and cleat hardware set up for flying a spinnaker on a DS II? I found this to be a very good start:
http://forum.daysailer.org/pdf/qtr_spinrig_winter2001.pdf
But it's a DS I, and I can't picture how the sheets are blocked and cleated mid-ship given the molded fiberglass coaming on the DS II.
I found some DSII's sold on sailingtexas.com that mention having a spinnaker, but none of the pics are close enough to make out the rigging.
I am converting my factory jib fairlead/cams to blocks and center board mounted cam cleats. I decided I should at least consider my future plans to add and learn to sail a chute now, and possibly start accumulating hardware.
So, do you use a cheek block and cam cleat mounted on a 1.5"-2" thick board/riser outside the coaming, so that the coaming doesn't interfere with sheeting? Mount the cam cleat on the coaming? Or some entirely different set up? Good close pictures would be great.
For the halyard, a cheek block or block on the top of the cuddy back to a cam cleat on the cuddy lip would seem to be the simplest solution. Is it a problem having the halyard cleated that far forward, rather than back towards the rear of the CB trunk?
I should have added in my original post - I found jdoorly's oak CB table or a close proximity an intriguing option that I'm leaning towards. I could drop it down to CB height since I don't have CB controls on top. I'll just have to pick up a router.
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Thanks.