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Each line end passes through the ring and half hitches to the side coming down: 

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Now, I can raise the peak and throat together with an equal number of pulls. I no longer have to worry about bending the rod/loop sticking up from the gaff gooseneck fitting. The block just falls out of the way on either side. Now that my throat halyard is 2:1, like my boom downhaul, I adjust the luff tension with the throat halyard. With the boom raised, I replace the long fast pin underneath it, and snug the boom down against the pin with the boom downhaul before I raise the sail. 

Once the luff is tensioned with the throat halyard, the boom is barely touching or slightly above the long fast pin. 

I removed the rod bails along side the mast. I could never see any purpose for them, and, besides, they were attached with only two small sheet metal screws each. In their place, I mounted a pair of six inch black plastic horn cleats, one on either side of the mast. This is where I cleat off the halyards and coil and hang the excess to keep the cockpit clear. I run my halyards through the turning blocks at the mast base, and then back up to the big horns to cleat them off. I also removed the capture bails from the cam cleats at the front of the cockpit so I can easily lift the throat and peak halyards in and out of them. I use the cam cleats to temporarily hold the halyards while making adjustments and cleating. 

