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The red/white line comes out from the mast below the boom. We don't know exactly which is the tensioning system for the jib missing halyard, but knowing what you say we will try to find out. Also we might start trying a dyneema halyard as a starting point, at least to try out the boat.

This is the other wire.

Hi LaLi, Many thanks for your feedback. I have a couple of pictures but need to take more. The first picture is what I guess is the inner halyard that goes fixed inside the jib luff. It goes in well and is longer than the luff on both sides, so matches your explanation. This second one...

Hi, we bought a 2012 470 with no previous experience. We dont have a clue of how the jib is hoisted or temsioned. We have a cheap looking rope halyard, a cable with a pin on one side and a tensioning little rope on the other and we have a cable attached with a T to the mast and a ring on the...