A Buntline Hitch http://www.dirauxwest.org/knots/buntline.htm

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:36:43 -0700, "Gordon"
wrote:

What's the best knot for attaching the sheets to the jib? Gotta be
something better than the "pesky wabbit around the tree and down the hole"
knot.
Thanks
Gordon

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:48:51 -0400, Marc wrote:


On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:36:43 -0700, "Gordon"
wrote:

What's the best knot for attaching the sheets to the jib? Gotta be
something better than the "pesky wabbit around the tree and down the hole"
knot.

There is, learn to tie it without using the rabbit approach.

A Buntline Hitch http://www.dirauxwest.org/knots/buntline.htm

Not if you ever want to get it undone again.
PyroJames
Would arsonists please try to control themselves for the duration of the emergency.

Definitely a Buntline .... unlike a bowline it wont shake loose. If
tied properly it will be small/compact and will be much smaller than a
bowline. Yes yu will have to probably cut it off to remove it; buy a
few feet of extra line.
In that same vein, the best is to eyhe-splice the line directly to the
clew or alternatively use a single length and use a
'stangler/constrictor' hitch or a simple clove hitch in the middle.


In article , Marc
wrote:

A Buntline Hitch http://www.dirauxwest.org/knots/buntline.htm

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:36:43 -0700, "Gordon"
wrote:

What's the best knot for attaching the sheets to the jib? Gotta be
something better than the "pesky wabbit around the tree and down the hole"
knot.
Thanks
Gordon

Although I'm a big fan of the buntline, I don't use it on the sheets
because the line is so big that two of them would make the clew too bulky.

Someone claimed that they were hard to remove, though I've never had
this problem, and I used them thousands of times. Admittedly, they
are snug, so they're not the best in a "quick change" situation.


Rich Hampel wrote:
Definitely a Buntline .... unlike a bowline it wont shake loose. If
tied properly it will be small/compact and will be much smaller than a
bowline. Yes yu will have to probably cut it off to remove it; buy a
few feet of extra line.
In that same vein, the best is to eyhe-splice the line directly to the
clew or alternatively use a single length and use a
'stangler/constrictor' hitch or a simple clove hitch in the middle.


In article , Marc
wrote:


A Buntline Hitch http://www.dirauxwest.org/knots/buntline.htm

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:36:43 -0700, "Gordon"
wrote:


What's the best knot for attaching the sheets to the jib? Gotta be
something better than the "pesky wabbit around the tree and down the hole"
knot.
Thanks
Gordon

In article ,
Rich Hampel wrote:

alternatively use a single length and use a 'stangler/constrictor'
hitch or a simple clove hitch in the middle.

I've used one or other of these for years, primarily because there's
less mass when flogging and less chance of catching on something.

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