Messages

Iain,
I think that's right, yes. Once you've fitted a dangly pole, no need for barber haulers anymore, although people who still actually sail Twelves (unlike me!) would know much more about this.
Happy sailing!
Jeremy.

Hi Iain,
I owned a Windfall very briefly in the 80s and from memory the fairleads in front of the shroud entry point was definitely for the barber haulers. The jibsheets lead through a plastic ring attached to a length of thin-ish rope that then lead through the deck through said fairleads, across the boat and up to a cleat screwed in to the aft-facing surface of the foredeck on what would be the windward side, with the same system repeated on the other side of the boat. That way the crew could adjust the leeward barber hauler whilst sitting to windward up the beat. For most of the time going upwind the barber hauler would be released, so the jibsheet led straight down from the jib clew to a ratchet block mounted on a track on the floor of the cockpit. When going off-wind, you'd pull on a bit of barber hauler to move the clew outboard and open up the slot the appropriate amount.
Hope that helps. Lovely boat, by the way. Makes me quite nostalgic for the Windfall I woned but never really managed to sail much.
Jeremy.