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For my spinnaker downhaul, I attached a folding padeye on the foredeck just aft of the anchor well hatch. I have a block attached to the padeye that is prevented from flogging the deck by a coil spring holding the block off the deck. A line runs from a cleat on the aft end of the port sheet track, forward and in board of the shrouds and then out to the padeye/block on the foredeck. I can easily control the downhaul line from the cockpit and use a winch to pull in if necessary(rare). The padeye also makes an excellent location to anchor the forward end of my lifelines when I have them installed. The padeye is securely thru bolted with a large backplate under the deck.

I attached my turning blocks for the spinnaker to the aft deck cleats using short loop slings. I keep the blocks from flogging the deck by a short bungie cord from each to the top line of the lifeline so the blocks can't normally touch the deck but can move. I can post pictures if anyone is interested.