[Rhodes22-list] Tacking

[Steve]

Jim
4 foot on the forward lowers & 6 foot on the Uppers. 
I also put 2 foot on the aft lowers just to even
things out.  PVC pipe works well; just put a little
wite electric tape on the end caps to hold them in.
Steve


--- jbconnolly at comcast.net wrote:
> I have a 135% jib on a CDI FF2.  It is cut fairly
> high and has not yet hung up 
> on any deck fittings. 
> 
> Periodically when tacking, the clew of the jib hangs
> up on the forward lower 
> shrouds.  I think that it happens more often when I
> take too much tension on 
> the lazy jib sheet before the tack.  
> 
> I am considering the need for rollers on the forward
> lowers.  Does anybody have 
> any preferenced to share?
> 
> Jim Connolly
> s/v Inisheer
> 1985
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