yes it around the winch
cafe?
oh that's the coffee place

chafe?
what chafe?
chafe happens when lines move back and forth
not enough from an even sliding that anything discernible should be
discussed

its friday: i'm out of here with my daughter to find some place in the west
village for some dolce
ciao....adomani
gf.

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
In article , gonefishiing
wrote:
on my boat, i don't cleat the jib
i take enough turns around the cleat to allow it to friction slide based
on
wind conditions
if the wind picks up the jib "automatically" releases

How do you tighten the sheet in heavy air? Do you have it around a
winch before the cleat? Seems like you'd be getting a lot of
unnecessary chafe from around a cleat.


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"If there's no wind, row."