[Rhodes22-list] Was Main Sail Speed, now Jib Sheets Changes

[Bob Weber]

Jay, another consideration I know from experience is that those shackles 
HURT people as well as the boat and rigging.  The best solution would be a 
Spliced Jib sheet but that takes some effort and talent.  Bob W


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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Was Main Sail Speed, now Jib Sheets Changes
>Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:43:04 EDT
>
>Jay,
>One advantage to the current knot system is that it doesn't cause any  
>damage
>to the gel coat or standing rigging. Just something to think about. I  
>looked
>at my current system several years ago and decided that it worked fine,
>hardly ever hung up and didn't scratch or tear anything up. Having shackles
>banging around didn't seem like a smart thing to me. Let me know if you 
>come up
>with something better.
>
>Rummy
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