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Jib sheet questions and hand wringing
Roger Long wrote:
Maybe you know. I got no answer from the traditionalists over at the Wooden Boat forum. How did people attach their jib sheets back in the age of canvas? Everyone seems to use bowlines now but, if something like a stuns'l tackbend has a special name, why not jib sheet clews. I don't know. I have a few books I can look through, and it is time for my Spring visit to the USS Constitution, so I might be able to come up with an answer in a few days. I notice that a knot with "tack" in it probably is intended to get the sail as close into the block as possible. Even with my current splicing enthusiasm, I'm still going to attach my halyard shackles this way. Easy to move the chafe point, easy to grab, no thick splice in the sheave, what's not to like? yup! I think spliced loops are the way to go for roller jibs that are going to come down on deck anyway before anyone takes the sheets off. I'd hate to have someone talk me out of it though just after making the two eye splices. (Better hurry) I agree that there is virtue in a eye splice doubled through the cringle - I setup some of my fenders this way, figuring it can handle twice the abuse this way. But before you do it, make sure your clew can handle four passes of the line. And is the shape of it such that each will pull in the proper direction, even after they're drawn tight? |
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