[Rhodes22-list] FW: Jib Sheet attachment

[Bob Weber]

Thanks Slim, what a great list. BW


>From: Slim <salm at mn.rr.com>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] FW: Jib Sheet attachment
>Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:41:41 -0500
>
>This is a message sent to me by a friend about this very thing.  I thought
>his solution was pretty clever.  He¹s given me a good report on how it¹s
>working.
>
>Slim
>
>
>------ Forwarded Message
>From: Cal Spooner <cspooner at mn.rr.com>
>Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 13:26:59 -0500
>To: salm at mn.rr.com
>Subject: Jib Sheet attachment
>
>Hi Steve,
>
>I hate re-tieing those jib sheets when reefing. I remember asking you why
>they didn't clip on, and you talking about how much clanging around a piece
>of metal hardware would do in that position. Here is a really cool way to 
>do
>it. i know you're boat is different now, but I pass this along to you, as 
>it
>could be used in other situations as well, as a quick fix if metal hardware
>was broken or lost.
>
>As you see in the photos below, you make a loop in one sheet, and a knot in
>the other. (If it was one line, you could use an extra 6" piece for the
>knot.) Lash them together. make sure the knot extends farther than the loop
>so the loop takes the strain. Very simple, quick change, and no metal to
>clang around.
>
>
>
>------ End of Forwarded Message
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