Non stick jib sheets

[LONG_KEELER]

Despite my brilliant tacking technique, jib sheets still manage to drag on various guard rails, shrouds, and boaty fittings.

I have thought of using lighter, and possibly thinner rope to help overcome the problem.

Any thoughts ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[dutyhog]

Thread stiff hose or plastic waste pipe over the rails and rigging where the sheet snags, then it stands a chance of coming free with a tug.

 

[William_H]

Yes by all means try a lighter rope. assuming you have some lying around. It probably won't make much differerence. Certainly pipe on the shrouds will help. However with a mast head rig with inner forestay and huge jib you will always be stuck with slow tacking of the jib. Convert to farctional rig? No not seriously good luck olewill

 

[sarabande]

thinner lines have more chance of snagging in shackles, cleats, under hatches, etc.

Prevention at primary level (tube or tape round the snaggy bits) i sbetter.

 

[Burnham Bob]

I got some white waste pipe from Wickes - 2 metres was less than £2. Cut in half lengthways to give two one metre lengths, and slit it with a small saw blade. then it slips over your shrouds and bottle screws without undoing the bottle screws. add one of those wheels that slip on to the guard rails that help the sail roil over the guard wires.

what sort of attachment have you got for the sheets? I did away with the bulky bowlines and replaced them with whipped eyes on the sheets attached to the sail with a dyneema soft shackle. much less to catch and it's soft - not like a metal shackle.

 

[Neeves]

I got some white waste pipe from Wickes - 2 metres was less than £2. Cut in half lengthways to give two one metre lengths, and slit it with a small saw blade. then it slips over your shrouds and bottle screws without undoing the bottle screws. add one of those wheels that slip on to the guard rails that help the sail roil over the guard wires.

what sort of attachment have you got for the sheets? I did away with the bulky bowlines and replaced them with whipped eyes on the sheets attached to the sail with a dyneema soft shackle. much less to catch and it's soft - not like a metal shackle.

Even better, go to your sailmaker and ask him to take your 2 jib sheets and sew them into a nylon tube, leave enough in the middle for a cow hitch. You could do the sewing yourself (maybe use Dyneema braided fishing line). The cow hitch is as small a knot as you can get with hollow webbing, the join between the 2 sheets is almost imperceptible. I'd suggest a Dyneema hollow tape - but that's a bit OTT. Simple cheap hollow webbing.

Jonathan