Jonathan Ganz wrote

Why do you like continuous lines for jib sheets?

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So I don't have to tie them together.

Part of my sailing instructor certification entailed solo sailing
a J-24, for US Sailing, and a Merrit 25 for ASA. I found it
easier to tie the ends of the sheets together with a sheetbend
behind the mainsheet ratchet block so I wouldn't lose them
as I tacked around. It made it easier to retrieve them as I
scrambled around the boat. I sometimes sail other small
boats and I've gotten in the habit of knotting the jib sheets
together there also when sailing solo, or sailing with people
in the way.

If you are in irons or coming off a mooring, and need to
back a sail to push the bow to a given tack--like port tack,
you just haul on the same side sheet--the port side sheet
and you are off--all without going forward and fussing
around.

So I decided to rig HOOT the without the sheet bend
connecting them. I adjusted the length under the foredeck
where I tie it off. I'm thinking about adding another set
of cleats farther aft. My cockpit is long enough that even
with my hiking stick fully extended, I can't reach everything.
I'm putting on some shock cord to help stabilize the tiller
also.

Bart Senior