I forgot to reply. It turned out the stopping point slipped down just a bit, and once sailing I noticed that the boom sat safely and I did it through the holiday. I could not see the stopping element though, I will seek for local advice from a rigger, I fear. Thank you all!

I will take more pics tomorrow; I did search and there is nothing around that would suggest that the internal part slipped, but will check again. I thought these were standard Selden profiles...?

After an accidental crash when hoisting it, something happened to my mast and the boom is not staying up anymore. There must have been something locking it that is no longer there. I am attaching some pics of the mast, do you know how this piece is called in Swedish? I may try to hit the stores if ...

Ah, I missed the furled headsail in your picture at first :P My boat came with a furling system that I have replaced with a standard wire forestay for similar reasons. I'm happy with that decision. The screw pattern is from an isolating plate that often sits underneath mast mounted winches to avoid ...

Thank you! I have a jib roller atm but considering going back to traditional one, so that I can have a genoa and a jib without having half-rolled sails (I don't race but still like performance :P) Indeed it would help and save some bucks, and holes on the mast (stopper, winch, etc...) Do you by ...

I see that some have it and some don't, and I've heard contrasting opinions about the use of the downhaul. Generally, tho, it is deemed as a valuable manoeuvre, especially when closing the angle with the wind, when the barbers become less effective. I agree that is not prio1, in fact, I will install ...

Found some other pictures that may help

Here is the fifth photo :D

Hi all! As I introduced myself a couple of months ago, I am a happy (happiest on earth) new proud owner of an IF! I am now going through the thousands of ideas that come after starting sailing with a new boat to make it better (if possible) and after the cruise of this summer, I've realised I would ...

Thank you all! I think I will then adopt the hybrid mode as suggested of both barbers and downhaul. For the formers, where would you tie them, provided that my genoa rail arrives 20cm back of the stays, and so not as the photos I've seen online?

Thank you so much all!

Best,
Edoardo

Hi all! apologies if I write in English but I don't speak Swedish, a fellow Italian recommended me this forum since I just bought my very first boat, and it is a beautiful IF from 1981 (finally, after so many years of dinghies and renting) Since I am based in Germany and the boat is in Västerås, I h ...