Aftermath

[zoidberg]

One of the pleasures of autumn.... sifting through the catalogues - Antal, Nodus, Harken - gleaned from the So'ton Boat Show with a pot of coffee while waiting for the forecast rain, scoping the new ideas pictured, and puzzling over how some of them might be incorporated.

And 'puzzling' is relevant.

Take Harken's latest 300-odd pages of 'boat bling'. Their Jib Leads and Fairleads section shows a dozen smooth-polished aluminum aluminium line-deflectors. So far, so good.
But then they mention a 'hobble'...

I'm not anyone's idea of a pony-mad girlie, but I'd vaguely associated an 'obble' with 'orses. So what's with this on a Grand Prix Jib Lead?
Apparently, it involves two holes and a spliced loop to secure a jib clew for mark roundings.....

Any illumination to cast?

 

[KevinV]

Any illumination to cast?

Is illumination the latest fancy alloy?

 

[LittleSister]

I'm not sure aftermath is a good title for this thread. You'll likely need a bit of math for Harken prices!

 

[mjcoon]

The only horse and sail rigging cross-over I know is "martingale", which is really quite a good analogy...

 

[flaming]

One of the pleasures of autumn.... sifting through the catalogues - Antal, Nodus, Harken - gleaned from the So'ton Boat Show with a pot of coffee while waiting for the forecast rain, scoping the new ideas pictured, and puzzling over how some of them might be incorporated.

And 'puzzling' is relevant.

Take Harken's latest 300-odd pages of 'boat bling'. Their Jib Leads and Fairleads section shows a dozen smooth-polished aluminum aluminium line-deflectors. So far, so good.
But then they mention a 'hobble'...

I'm not anyone's idea of a pony-mad girlie, but I'd vaguely associated an 'obble' with 'orses. So what's with this on a Grand Prix Jib Lead?
Apparently, it involves two holes and a spliced loop to secure a jib clew for mark roundings.....

Any illumination to cast?

Yes, a spliced line with a snapshackle or soft shackle on. Idea is that you connect this to the jib clew and it's fixed at the right length for your eased jib for spinnaker hoists etc. On some Asymmetric boats they have relatively sophisticated setups that mean the jib will gybe itself when left up. A lot of modern A-sail boats leaving the jib up downwind in fresh conditions.
This is mostly used on boats where the jib winches are also used as either halyard or kite sheet winches.
You can see one setup in the IC37 tuning guide here.

IC37 TUNING GUIDE

 

[zoidberg]

Yes, a spliced line with a snapshackle or soft shackle on. Idea is that you connect this to the jib clew and it's fixed at the right length for your eased jib for spinnaker hoists etc. On some Asymmetric boats they have relatively sophisticated setups that mean the jib will gybe itself when left up. A lot of modern A-sail boats leaving the jib up downwind in fresh conditions.
This is mostly used on boats where the jib winches are also used as either halyard or kite sheet winches.
You can see one setup in the IC37 tuning guide here.

IC37 TUNING GUIDE

Thanks for that. There seems to be several different ways of achieving much the same task - that of managing the jib-clew position during gybes and tacks without the need for 'one-armed paper hanger' evolutions.

 

[jbweston]

The only horse and sail rigging cross-over I know is "martingale", which is really quite a good analogy...

. . . and bridle.

 

[KevinV]

. . . and bridle.

... and "huge bill for your slow conveyance"

 

[boomerangben]

Not to mention that when people are in charge of boats and horses, they show common traits of irascibleness, irrational tendencies and a shortness of temper, especially when competing.

 

[mjcoon]

Not to mention that when people are in charge of boats and horses, they show common traits of irascibleness, irrational tendencies and a shortness of temper, especially when competing.

That rings a bell.
The only time I sat on a pony it was amongst a group going for a leisurely ramble on the Gower. No-one warned me ... So when the pony saw some tasty vegetation it stopped for a nibble, until having had enough it cantered to catch up with the group. I got told off because we had not been given permission to canter! So much for allocated responsibilities!