[Rhodes22-list] Tubes on Shrouds

[Bill Effros]

Rex,

I don't have tubes around my shrouds, and my jib sheets never hang up on 
them.  I use the standard size sheet.  Removing the tubes will reduce 
the weight.  Every now and again in extremely light air a sheet will 
hang up on an open hatch, but if it happens twice a summer that's a 
lot.  I rarely miss a tack with my 175, and I deploy it all the way out 
whenever the air is light.

Bill Effros

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Rex,
> Larger sheets does not always equate to more weight. It depends on the  
> material that the sheets are made from. There are amny different combinations of  
> materials. Mine don't seem to weight more than the thinner ones and I find them 
>  easier to handle. Now, that being said, if the wind isn't blowing enough to 
> fill  the sails, I'm on the hook in a cove getting wasted on rum and coke. No 
> point in  wasting a perfectly good day.
>  
> Rummy
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