[Rhodes22-list] Jib Sheet length?

[Rodney Brown]

Thanks everyone, appreciate the input👍

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> On Aug 26, 2022, at 09:45, Weiss, Robert L via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> I recently replaced my jib sheet and main sheet with a total of 100' of line -- 60' for the jib and 40' for the main. I have a 175 which I do use because of some days with lighter winds on Kentucky Lake. And, as Peter said, the jib sheet is a single line attached to the clew of the jib.
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> Bob
> Beach Spring
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> Robert L Weiss Jr.
> Director of Music
> First United Methodist Carbondale, IL
> Professor Emeritus, SIUC
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> My jib sheet is 60' long.  It appeared to be new when I picked up my recycled boat from the GB factory.
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> Just to make sure everyone is on the page, a single line is used for both port and starboard jib sheets.  The middle of the line is attached to the clew of the jib with a cow hitch.
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> I've used this sheet with both my prior 175 and my current 130.
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> Sixty feet is a generous length, but I don't mind having the extra, and it sometimes comes in handy when using a whisker pole.
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> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
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>> On 2022-08-25, at 19:45:50 EDT, RODNEY BROWN wrote:
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>> Hello all, 'Ive been doing some reading on the web, and seems there’s a lot of
>> different opinions on sheet length (shocker I know).  Im replacing the 170 and
>> have a 130  on the way, and will ordering new jib sheets.  They ‘re as old as
>> this hills and stiff to boot.
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>> For those who are running 130’s, do you have a recommendation on length?
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>> Thanks for the input,
>> 
>> Rodney
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