In Dave writes:

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:33:55 -0500, sherwindu said:

I think the best knot for attaching sheets is no knot, at all. I have an 'eye' woven
into the middle of my sheets, to which a snap shackle is attached. For quick and clean
attachment/removal, I don't think any knot can beat that.

I take it you haven't heard the horror stories of foredeck crew's losing
teeth when a metal snap shackle on the jib starts flailing about.

There are even some cases when the snap shackle has opened because it
has caught some lifeline wire or something else.

NOt only teeth but an eye and some broken bones and fingers belong to
the list of casualities of a wildly flailing genoa and a snapshackle.

The smallest and most reliable knot is by far the lark's head.

- Lauri Tarkkonen