The fractional sloop rig is a larger version of those in the Red Fox 200 series. As this has no backstay the main can have a large leech supported by nearly full length battens (which seem to work well without the added complication of cars).
All halyards and reefing lines are led back along the coach roof to clutches and the winches. The original “blade” jib specified was recently replaced with a bigger one which has helped balance the large main much better. The jib is roller-reefing and the jib sheet turning blocks have locks so the winches can be freed up for other lines. The mainsheet is on a track on the halfdeck at the front of the cockpit.
Swift also now has a cruising asymmetric spinaker – flown from a tack downhaul through a block fixed to the stem head. This downhaul is lead back to the cockpit for adjusting the tack height. There is also a spinnaker ‘snuffer’ system so the sail can be launched and retrieved under control from the foredeck.
It is often best to have both boards half down to give directional stability when-running downwind with the asymmetric. Or sometimes oddly, to favour the windward one by dropping it 3/4s and leaving the lee one 1/4-1/2.
The asymmetric sheets are threaded through cockpit blocks right aft-on webbing strops attached to the aft cleats and then led back to the winches on the cabin roof. The downhaul is also brought back to a block in the cockpit for adjustment.
On a dead run the asymmetric works best gybed to goose-wing it out of the lee of the main. Swift has a spinney pole with its own uphaul but we have never used that with the asymmetric.