[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Technique Question

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

Rummy & Wally,
 
Thanks for your response, it just never occurred to me that you might  re-rig 
the headsail sheets while underway.  Is re-rigging a  headsail sheet to run 
through the shrouds something you guys do when  sailing single handed?  If so, 
how do you execute? You're steering through  a tack ( hand on the the tiller), 
tending the mainsheet, and now you've got  to take a headsail sheet forward, 
guide it through the shrouds while  pulling the headsail after.  As I think it 
through, it sounds like a mad  scramble for one guy - is there a key to 
making it work (assuming you can make  it work with 1 guy)?  Rummy's French maiden 
sounds attractive, for a  number of reasons.
 
Dave