Hello all. My old headsail got torn up by a storm, so I put on a new headsail furling jb today. It's an Ullman sail made specifically for a Cat 36. A friend on the dock who is an "old salt" assisted me. When we got the sail mounted and raised it, we found that if you raise the swivel to the very top, the loop on the tack which is supposed to be attached to the furling drum is about a foot short. I suggested that perhaps we should attach the loop at the tack and just raise the swivel as far as it will go. My friend insisted that the swivel must be all the way up as far as it will go and that we should instead run heavy cordage between the loop on the tack and the furling drum which we then did. I admit this is the first headsail I've mounted and I never paid much attaention to how far up the swivel used to be on the old sail. However, I DO know from photos of the bow that the tack was directly attached to the furling drum. SO, my question is, must the swivel go all the way up to the top of the mast or would it be OK if it were about a foot short of the top since this would then allow me to attach the tack directly to the furling drum. I realize this may be a dumb question, but I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions. Thanks!