FWIW - and I am a first-year rookie so take my stuff with a grain of salt - what I did for Solar was buy one of these 100w kits from Amazon and mounted it on top of the fore windows, which I personally viewed as a waste since I wanted them covered anyway to keep the beating sun out of the cabin - ht...

Do you think I could use a car jack to brace the board while I unbolt it, so I can gradually lower it down?

Hi, thanks for the reply.. It is quite helpful.. its amazing I was not able to find this information or a photo of this line anywhere!

I will see how I do based on your info and come back if I have other questions.

Hi all. We are new 2002 26x owners who bought the boat last summer and are now fixing it up to be ready to launch for the first time soon. One of my last remaining tasks is to replace the dagger board line, as the previous owner said it had snapped and he never bothered to fix it. Couple of question...