J-30 Running Rigging

Lines Going to Cockpit

Lines in the cockpit are shown in the diagram below.

Note that on some boats, the reef pennants don't extend all the way back into the cockpit. Rather, they are configured, as on a J-24, where they are pulled out of an opening in the boom near the mast. There are cleats for them near this opening, under the boom.

Jib Sheets

For Jib sails, the sheets go through the front fairleads, either between or inside the shrouds, through a block, and around the large winches on the sides of the cockpit. Cleating is as on the J-24 (there is a cleat near the winch). For Genoas, the sheets go outside the shrouds, through the back fairleads, and again around the large winches.

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