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Armond Perretta
 
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Default What's wrong with a Stopper Knot??

Steve wrote:
... I will probably continue my
practice on my sheets and halyards (I'm too old to climb the mast
or chase a wild genoa sheet ...


You didn't mention halyards earlier. I suspect that if these are _not_
stoppered they will eventually go aloft on just about any yacht.

... I have 2 different genoas and a
working jib and use a roller furlering (as just a furler, seldom
use it for roller reefing). However I use the same sheet on with
sheet Bowline in each ...


I mentioned this earlier, but anyway ... a long while back someone convinced
me to set up dedicated sheets for each headsail. The sheets consist of a
single length of rope (double the anticipated sheet length) with its middle
point passed through the clew cringle in a bight, and with the remainder of
the cordage looped through the bight. This is a lot harder to describe than
to actually do. This rig doesn't hang on the shrouds, and it doesn't kill
you if you get smacked in the head, but it's more expensive, heavier,
requires stowing the sheets also when changing up or down, etc. Anyway ...

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