Is this a jib pennant?

[donhaller]

I attached a photo of what I think is a jib pennant. I found it among a bunch of junk on my boat and was wondering how to use it. I know that a pennant is to raise the short jib off the deck, but I was wondering if this is indeed what I suspect and also what is the round black spacer for that rides up and down the cable?

[mgiguere]

It may well be. There could be one or two hanks on it to keep the leech close to the headstay.

[eolon]

Yep. for shorter foresails. The round thing probably helps prevent halyard wrap.

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[donhaller]

Originally Posted by eolon

Yep. for shorter foresails. The round thing probably helps prevent halyard wrap.

Best Regards,


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Cool, well we have established what it is.... but now, how is it used?

[Mipcar]

If we are talking about the same thing (we call them strops over here). Attach one end to your bow, in my case my boat has holes in the Headstay.. Is it a bow peak? I forget, anyway the stainless fitting at the front with roller for the anchor etc.
Then the other end is attached to your sail.

I have strops of varying length to raise the sail height off the deck.

Mychael

[donhaller]

Originally Posted by Mipcar

If we are talking about the same thing (we call them strops over here). Attach one end to your bow, in my case my boat has holes in the Headstay.. Is it a bow peak? I forget, anyway the stainless fitting at the front with roller for the anchor etc.
Then the other end is attached to your sail.

I have strops of varying length to raise the sail height off the deck.

Mychael

OK, I got it. Thanks - That is what I suspected but wasn't 100% sure.

[Valiente]

A pennant in my experience has two uses: 1) To get the sail off the deck to faciliate visibility forward and a full range of movement, such as when fully eased; 2) To get a bit of sail area higher in the case where you are expecting a wide range of wind gusts and want to sail with reduced sail area forward, but not completely kill your drive.

I typically have only used them when I rig a No. 3 and sail solo in 20 knots or so. Too high and the sail cut to sweep the deck (such as a 100% working jib) doesn't perform well, which is probably why I've never seen them higher than just under the pulpit rail.

[TaylorC]

I can think of one other use for a 'jib pennant', which is at the top of a short jib on a roller reefing setup to get the top swivel to the top of the fore stay and avoid halyard wrap. Learned that the hard way.

Edit: CSears is correct, its a pendant. A pennant is a flag.

[sailingdog]

using a pendant at the base would do the same thing and improve your ability to see under the jib/genoa...

Originally Posted by TaylorC

I can think of one other use for a 'jib pennant', which is at the top of a short jib on a roller reefing setup to get the top swivel to the top of the fore stay and avoid halyard wrap. Learned that the hard way.

[CSears]

I hate to be pedantic, but I believe you mean jib pendant, not jib pennant and also not to be confused with a fraculator.