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Need help on gennaker installation

erasmus-darkening

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I'm hoping some Pacific Seacraft 34 owners can help me out! I was gifted a this gennaker. The problem is, I don't know how to attach it. Like, where do I attach the front bottom corner, the tack of the gennaker on the bow? sorry I don't have photos at the moment but hope you can visualize it.

If any of you Pacific Seacraft folks could share how you attach your gennaker's tack, that would be great! Thanks a bunch!
 
A friend of mine attached the gennaker to the bow roller and added a ring to help him adjust the line because he's going for an adjustable one.
 
Seen what some people on the internet do, they either use a bowsprit extension if they have one, or they rig a tack line down to the anchor roller area, you can do it with a good bow roller and a cleat
 
I'm hoping some Pacific Seacraft 34 owners can help me out! I was gifted a this gennaker. The problem is, I don't know how to attach it. Like, where do I attach the front bottom corner, the tack of the gennaker on the bow? sorry I don't have photos at the moment but hope you can visualize it.

If any of you Pacific Seacraft folks could share how you attach your gennaker's tack, that would be great! Thanks a bunch!
On a colleague's PS34, he ran a soft shackle through the tack of the gennaker and then attached that directly to the anchor roller fitting.
It keeps it low and centered.
 
On a colleague's PS34, he ran a soft shackle through the tack of the gennaker and then attached that directly to the anchor roller fitting.
It keeps it low and centered.
I've seen this gennaker twice on here now, I heard someone mention it yesterday and I remembered I saw something like that here, how do you actually use a gennaker for this problem and how does it work please
 
On a colleague's PS34, he ran a soft shackle through the tack of the gennaker and then attached that directly to the anchor roller fitting.
It keeps it low and centered.
When setting up the gennaker tack, it usually connects to the bow fitting, tack line, or the bowsprit fitting, this depends on how your PS34 is set up. Be sure to look for a specific attachment point for the asymmetric spinnaker, which should be located close to the base of the forestay.
 
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