The Luger Company has recommended several mainsheet rigging options for the Leeward 16.
Here are four different configurations that have been suggested over the years.
(Note: Comments and text are the website publisher's.)
This is the Leeward mainsheet configuration demonstrated in the 1987 Luger catalog. The set-up has many good points, but doesn't allow the owner to easily take advantage of the boom's roller furling system.
Also, if this system is employed, be sure there is ample support/bracing of the centerboard well. The shifting and changing stress from the sail on the well structure could cause excessive stress and fracturing of the fiberglass.
This alternate mainsheet system was also suggested as a rigging option in the blueprints that accompanied my 1981 Leeward.
This method would allow the boom's roller furling feature to be easily employed.
A loose tang is added to the end of the boom, and a topping lift holds the boom while the sail is adjusted.
(Be sure your sail doesn't have a roach that will rub against the topping lift.)
This is the mainsheet rigging option demonstrated in 1974's catalog.
This is the mainsheet system used on some early Leeward 16s back in the sixties. I've seen a system like this used on AquaCat catamarans.