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

[Jay Friedland]

Stan-
You have our attention.

Ron, now out of habit, I pull back on the lee/lazy sheet when setting 
the sails to take just enough slack out before it grabs the bow cleat.

The possibility of a flagging shackle hurting people or gelcoat is a 
consideration, but the clew is high enough off the deck and toerails to 
minimize this. I've gotten a bit lax on tacking and now with training 
others and sailing with my son, a sail racer that responds to headers 
and lifts, I tightened up on tacking. I have a 150 gennie and always 
trying to let the wind carry it, it still catches shrouds. A short lead 
through the clew with Sister Clips (West Marine Part #121079, p. 1025 
in catalog) spliced in, to sheets with the same seems the simplest and 
cleanest solution I've found.

The jury is still out...Stan???

Jay

On Aug 24, 2005, at 8:58 PM, stan wrote:

> we have a simple $25 fix - we think
>
> stan/gbi
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Lipton" 
> <rlipton at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Was Main Sail Speed, now Jib Sheets 
> Changes
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>
>> Jay,
>>
>>   I would rather keep the two sets of sheets.  I occasionally have 
>> sheets caught in the
>> shrouds, but they can usually be jiggled free.  A foul-free shackle 
>> may be hard to find.
>> I am more bothered by the occasional fouling of the jib sheet on the 
>> foredeck cleat,
>> which is a real pain if I am singlehanding in higher winds. But I am 
>> not bothered enough
>> to actually fix the problem.
>>
>> Ron
>
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