crane

My E34 has no mast track (nor uphaul/downhaul) for a pole. Of course, I could add one, but it is not cheap (unless one is quite comfortable drilling and tapping their own mast while it is stepped...) So I have two questions: 1) Is it tractable to just sail a bit off of dead downwind (DDW)...

Has anyone installed a spinnaker mast crane on a E-38 with the "wing" halyard configuration? I know its supposed to work, but I'm getting tired of seeing my crew hanging on the chute trying to drop, especially after we've had to jybe onto the other tack befor the leeward mark. Would still...