Sheet size 35 foot cruiser

[pandos]

I finally got my boat in the water and sailed her after 6 years...

Noticed the gib sheets are tatty and stupidly did not measure them...
Suggested sizes on various sites is 12mm but that seems very thin for handling...is it?.

Like to get these ordered without waiting to get to the boat again...

So if you know what size and type you have used for lazy cruising I would like recommendation..

 

[Catalina36]

12mm should be fine on a 35 footer. Too large and it'll probably jam in whatever blocks you're using, plus you'll get unwanted friction.

 

[alan_d]

14mm might be kinder to your hands, but check that it is not oversize for the various sheaves it will run through or for the self-tailing winches if you have them. I think you should defer ordering until you have revisited your boat, and meantime put up with tatty. Are you confident about ordering the right length?

 

[[70521]]

I went down to 10mm on a 10.1 meter boat 12 mm was way over sized. All depends on the winch and what you feel happy on the hand.

If the sheets work when why replace them, it's not London Fashion week out at sea.

 

[Boathook]

My jib sheets are tatty, but they survive the washing machine at the end of the season so I carry on using them. I think that they are 14mm diameter but this is for handling as possibly 10mm would do. Whether the winches will take 10mm is another matter.

 

[vyv_cox]

I support what others have said. My Sadler 34 has used 12 mm sheets for years, no problems. One time I bought 14 mm thinking they would be an improvement but they were anything but. Far more friction through the turning blocks and poor holding in the winches. I dumped them and bought 12 mm again.

 

[pandos]

thanks for the replies....

I will go to the boat and check the existing and double check the length...

I suspect 14mm having looked at a bit of 12mm here but even that seemed much thicker in parts than 12 mm where it had softened and spread a little..