[Rhodes22-list] Jib sheet connection

[John Lock]

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
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> Robert O. Baldi
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