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


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In "Gordon" writes:

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

If you can keep both sheets together then a knot known as lark head or a
cow hitch. Look: http://www.ehow.com/how_13480_make-larks-head.html

In the picture it is done around a stick, you make it in the clew
cringle.

- Lauri Tarkkonen


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On 26 Jun 2005 20:45:23 GMT, (Lauri Tarkkonen)
wrote:

In "Gordon" writes:

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

If you can keep both sheets together then a knot known as lark head or a
cow hitch. Look: http://www.ehow.com/how_13480_make-larks-head.html

In the picture it is done around a stick, you make it in the clew
cringle.

- Lauri Tarkkonen


If it's important that the sheet not slip, you can do better than the
larkshead. Even a round turn and 2 half hitches make a more
stable attachment

Brian Whatcott Altus OK.

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.


I don't know the name of the knot, but I got it from Cruising World
article a long time ago and it is simple.

You need one piece of line for both sheets. If a single sheet is say 35
ft, you need a 70 ft piece of line for example.

Find the midpoint and double the line, then measure back about 18" and
seize together with some mason's twine forming a loop.

You need a piece of 3/4" line about 24" long which you feed thru the
loop on the sheet you just created, then double it back on itself and
seize the ends together with more mason's twine.

Feed the sheet loop thru the cringle, then feed the end of the seized
3/4" line thru the loop.

Pull the loop taut and you are good to go.

SFWIW, I used the above for many years, making up a separate set of
sheets for each sail. It was just simpler that way.

HTH

Lew

Use a " Studding Sail Tack Bend" easy and won't jam.

Bill
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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.


I don't know the name of the knot, but I got it from Cruising World
article a long time ago and it is simple.

You need one piece of line for both sheets. If a single sheet is say 35
ft, you need a 70 ft piece of line for example.

Find the midpoint and double the line, then measure back about 18" and
seize together with some mason's twine forming a loop.

You need a piece of 3/4" line about 24" long which you feed thru the loop
on the sheet you just created, then double it back on itself and seize the
ends together with more mason's twine.

Feed the sheet loop thru the cringle, then feed the end of the seized 3/4"
line thru the loop.

Pull the loop taut and you are good to go.

SFWIW, I used the above for many years, making up a separate set of sheets
for each sail. It was just simpler that way.

HTH

Lew

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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


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Perhaps, but the bowline is an extremely useful knot. This is what we teach.
Perhaps there are better, but it is worth teaching. If you have to change
sails, you either need to have another long line available to tie a lark
head or you have to untie the one you have on the old sail... seems like a
lot of wasted time. I would rather just know the bowline and do it right.
Disclaimer: we use the lark on at least one of our boats.

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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