[PaulK]

If you study this picture: https://www.google.com/search?q=AMF+Apollo+16+sailboat&client=safari&rls=en&sxsrf=ACYBGNRHN4vvMsqMWthZhs1rq0Ihh327Gw:1581386506669&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=kJAB05x7CD4EBM%3A%2CxKmrXwlO6EiP8M%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kS9KnNhkLiH_yX0UoA265UTvcdWgw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj43e3ns8jnAhXNxVkKHXh4CSMQ9QEwAHoECAoQBA#imgrc=_v4igEi05qJzaM
it shows that the jib (and therefore the roller-furler) does not go through the bow roller, but attaches to the tang a little way back from the roller. Other pictures of rigged Apollo 16’s show the same relationship.
The diagram on Sailboatdata shows this same setup, PLUS what looks like your other “forestay” going further forward – perhaps to your roller at the bow. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/apollo-16 Hard to say why it would be like that. Perhaps to hold up the mast when the jib wasn’t hoisted? Can you attach some pictures so we can see what you’re dealing with?

[PaulK]

You’ve already looked here, of course?

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-19-europa
Photos of boats for sale will also show many details. Look up on Yachtworld or other sites. It may take some hunting to find exactly what you want to know, but it will also provide ideas about what other people have done with their boats.

[PaulK]

Picture showing all the pieces in position could be helpful. The cleat to port sounds like where the roller-furler line gets finished off. What is a “line guide”? A fairlead? A padeye? Could the shock-cord hook be something to hold the mainsail furled around the boom when it’s not hoisted?

Your best bet may be to step the mast and try to figure out where things logically want to go. Had to do this with my 505. It has controls for mast rake, mast bend, cunningham, main and spinnaker halyards, vang, trapeze wires, spinnaker pole launchers and shrouds, all coming out around the foot of the mast and having to get led back in the cockpit so they can be adjusted while sailing. It all makes sense now, but until the mast was in place, it was an incredible tangle of spaghetti.

[PaulK]

Interesting. Looks like the tang is where the forestay should go. The block mounted further forward seems strange, but could the roller-furler line lead to it, and then aft on one side or the other, to keep the roller-furler line close to the gunwale so it doesn’t cut so much into cockpit space? What does the bottom of the forestay & r/f gear look like?

[PaulK]

Sounds like it needs to be removed and re-bedded. A hassle and a half. The ports in our boat (not a Bounty II) don’t leak, but are getting cloudy from UV degradation. We’ve compounded them, which helps clear them for a while, but we’re going to end up having to pull them out and replace them too. A bit cheaper than having to buy a new boat, but definitely not fun.

[PaulK]

Using an epoxy filler on the wood is not going to make the leaks (or rot) stop. The water will simply soak into more wood further on and start rotting that. The salon ports probably need to be removed, re-bedded, and reinstalled.

[PaulK]

Pequot YC in Southport Frostbites in Dyer Dhows. They use a tall-mast setup because of the light air they suffer from much of the time. There are about a dozen boats racing on Sundays.

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