Jib sheets, In or Out??

[Giulietta]

Originally Posted by xort

At first, I was ready to run out and buy these; but then I started thinking about corrosion. Don't these snap on tubes fit close to the shrouds? Won't that hold salt water in close to the wire? Even fresh water trapped can cause crevise corrosion.
I think I'll buy 1" PVC tube

Jaysus Xort...please stop being so "American"..the World is not imploding if you do..I've used them for ages...and am still here....you are being too SD now....

If it makes you happy, you can remove them for cleaning in 5 seconds, and put them again in less than 10.....geee. Clean them every 3 months...

Sometimes you guys are so picky it annoys....stop reading stuff man....geee

Yes..use PVC tube until someone finds out it prevents the Raray bird from Swazilandia from mating...then writes a 1003 page book on it, SD reads it..and no one else in the Worls will use PVC tube...



I quit

[xort]

We NEED to stop the Raray bird, it's eating the PVC and pretty soon we'll have a worldwide shortage of PVC.

If the PVC does the same job as the snap on thingies then that seems to be an easier solution. But it is a bit thicker and that might slow me down so maybe I should reconsider. What, oh what, should I do?

SD, where are you? please help!

[werebeagle]

Originally Posted by Giulietta

Still, you're confused..the part of the elephant I have is another one, and it's not the trump....

Alex, you worry too much. No one stares at the big ears.

[sailingdog]

I'm on GUI's side this time... Use the snap on stuff.. Personally, I don't use them, but use a short piece of PVC coupler, just so the sheets don't get snagged on the shroud toggles...which was a major PITA.

[Valiente]

Bakelite, eh? I should have known from the weight...Anyway, they look primitive, but I still have a couple on board the old boat if I need to run a tack downhaul or something.

[Cope44]

I just measured the J value, from the front of the mast steep to the tip of the bow is a whooping nine feet! I know, I know most of you have little experience on a boat as fine and large as this!

The jib measures in at a massive nine feet nine inches. So I'm thinking it should run inside the stays?

I think I'm safe using PVC as I never see a "Rayray" bird? I googled it and this was all I could find?


I think the Rayray bird and parasites it hosts (Morpions) are an upper class epidemic? Or may hap it's just to cold here? (The wiki info on Rayrays and morpions says they like warm climates and crappy boats, So I'm in the clear)

Thanks for the laughs and info.

Cope


Wiki first aid for ridding your self of Morpions.

Steep one, Shave a one inch square area of short and curlys.

Steep two, cover affected area in gasoline. (petrol for you non USA guys)

Steep three, Locate one BBQ fork (The two prong type are best)

Steep four, light Gas (petrol) with match.

Steep five, Stab Morpions with BBQ fork when they run to the one by one inch clearing.

Good luck!
Cope.

[RAGTIMEDON]

OK guys, for a straight answer, I sailed a MacGregor Venture for several years after my daysailer and before I got a real boat. I always ran the jib sheets from the lower back corner of the jib (Yes, I know what to call it, does the novice sailor know?) to the turning blocks on the track outside of the stays, thence to the winches, then to a cam cleat on the cockpit coaming. If one runs the sheets inside the shrouds, you cannot let your sail out beyond the shrouds when running downwind! If I had to guess at the cam cleat labelled "jib sheet" on top of the cabin, I would look for a turning block at the base of the mast and decide the PO had no idea what a sheet is, and he really meant "Jib Halyard." Top of the cabin is a good place to cleat you halyards so you don't have to go forward to raise sails, and the sails on a Venture are small enough you don't really need a winch to raise them!

[Cope44]

Do I get any points if my final answer is "Clew"


My boat is not a venture and I cleat my jib and main halyards to the mast?

The fact of not being able to let the sail out is a valid one, I would like to just test it for my self, my mast is down it's a pain to steep by my self....

Thanks again.

Cope