[Rhodes22-list] Opinions on Replacement Jib Sheets for Bud and Steve

[michael meltzer]

bill you want the c257
http://www.apsltd.com/Tree/d3000/e91.asp

I know west has them in the mater catolog but did not
spot the on the web site, should be about less than
this price and I think sea dog resells them, It fits
on the rudder head  great, and works like a charm,
stans been using them on the new boats -mjm

--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> Bud,
> 
> I'm with Ed on this one.
> 
> Stan's cordage is the best.  After years of hearing
> people complain 
> about the "rope clutch" on the tiller, which I never
> had a problem with, 
> I replaced it this year with New England Rope--it's
> been slipping ever 
> since.  I think the cordage is to hard, but I don't
> know.  One of the 
> things I will do this winter is replace all my
> cordage with whatever it 
> is that Stan is using.  I would like him to offer a
> complete cordage kit 
> for our boats, since the lengths would all be the
> same.  Whatever he 
> charged would be worth it.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
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> budconnor at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> >Ed,
> >  I have an IMF and a 175% Genoa.  Also I have big
> fat blue sheets, 
> >but I am certainly open to hear the opinion of
> others wrt replacement options.
> >
> >Bud
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net>
> >Sent: Sep 28, 2005 7:47 AM
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Opinions on Replacement
> Jib Sheets for Bud and Steve
> >
> >Bud:
> >
> >     You asked for opinions, good man, as there is
> more than one.  However,
> >you did not fully explain what you meant.  You said
> Jib sheets.  Hum, so you
> >have a boat with a standard main and hank on jib? 
> Surely, you do not have
> >the 175 Genoa and roller furling.  
> >
> >     I have the 175 genoa and after seeing many R
> 22's I have developed the
> >opinion that Stan's fat sheets are the easiest and
> best way to go.  How do
> >you get Stan's fat sheets?  Call GBI late in the
> day and ask for a price and
> >shipping cost.  
> >
> >     Bye and Bye, you will get the best product out
> their.  There are at
> >least three reasons why you will get the best
> product.  Stan has received
> >feedback from owners as to what thickness and feel
> are best.  Stan has spent
> >too many hours looking in cordage catalogs for the
> best product.  Finally,
> >Stan gets the cheapest price on the best product
> from his current supplier.
> >
> >     He currently uses a Blue line, but in the past
> has apparently used
> >white and black.  The current Blue line is durable,
> easy on the hands and
> >can be obtained from Admiral Spitzer.  The brand
> that he uses is a trade
> >secret, so you will not get it at West Marine that
> much I know.
> >Furthermore, it is not made in China.
> >
> >     Did you say that you are in Florida?  Are you
> going to the St. Pete
> >Boat Show?  Stan is supposed to be going, at least
> he has indicated that he
> >is.  
> >
> >     Ah, boat shows are a topic of yesterday.
> >
> > 
> >
> >Ed K
> >
> >Greenville, SC, USA
> >
> >Addendum:  I hope Steve of West Chester enjoys
> learning about sheets.  Maybe
> >he should take his wife to the Annapolis boat show
> so that he can explain
> >sheets are not sheets as she knows.
> >
> >Addendum:  (For Steve)  Sheet bend is a nautical
> term meaning a bend or
> >hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the
> bight of another rope or
> >to an eye.
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