[C38] sheets

[William Knowles]

Thanks Les do you have furler?
Bill

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Les <hlhowell at pacbell.net> wrote:

> On JACE we use 9/16 jib sheets and 3/8 for the Assymetrical but never
> fly it ;-)
>
>        The jib sheets are 38 feet long.  We used to have one long sheet
> crowfooted on the jib, but with wear I wanted to move the nip.  A
> crowfoot puts a lot of crimp in the core, so I opted to cut the sheet
> line and make two sheets and bowline to the jib.  It snags occasionally
> on the shrouds in light air, but who sails in light air ;-)
>
>        The spinnaker sheets are 50' to reach the whole way out if the spin
> flys free.  We don't use stoppers on the spin because I'm cautious and a
> full drawing spin may not be nice if the stopper stops it from running
> out.  But that is just me.
>
>        We changed the main sheet to 9/16 single braid because it coils so
> much
> finer and grips the small cabin top winch better.
>
>        That said, we don't race.  We cruise and occasionally sail quite
> fast,
> but generally less fast than most of the racers.
>
> Regards,
> Les H
> On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 18:52 -0400, William Knowles wrote:
> > What are you folks using for jib sheets and spin sheets. Currently I
> > have 1/2" stay set for jib sheets I think I may go up to 9/16 with a
> > 3/8'" on spin sheets. How about lengths.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bill Flying Goose    324
> >
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