[Rhodes22-list] Jib sheet connection

Ben Schultz benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com
Thu May 19 12:36:10 EDT 2011


I've got a large shackle on the clew that I use to attach a whisker pole for
long downwind runs.  It's a concern for sure.  But a two tight wet knots
flinging around on the clew could be just about as bad as a shackle.



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John,
That makes sense to me. I was trying to figure out any down sides to adding 
 hardware on the clew and it makes sense that it could become a weapon and 
do  damage to flesh as well as fiberglass.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 5/19/2011 12:05:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jlock at relevantarts.com writes:

What I  have heard is that you don't want any hardware on the clew of the 
jib.   When the wind is up and there is any slack in the jib 
somebody/something will  get slapped hard with that shackle when the wind
whips it  around.

Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79  Rhodes 22 
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On May 19,  2011, at 11:34, Robert Baldi wrote:

> Does anyone use a shackle or  some other way to connect jib/genoa sheets 
to
> the sail for a fast  release? I would like to try and use my jib sheet on 
an
> asymmetrical  spinnaker if possible and prudent. I would simply roll up 
the
> jib,  unattach the sheets and then reattach them to the spinnaker. Does
>  anyone currently have a system they would recommend? ( or perhaps there  
are
> reasons not to do this; i.e. a shackle will snag a shroud) - What  are 
your
> thoughts?
> rob
> -- 
> Robert O.  Baldi
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