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Bungee on foredeck for sail control

5K views 22 replies 9 participants last post by  Tuna Driver  
#1 ·
On my Chrysler 22 I had installed a bungee running on each side down the stanchions. I would use it to bungee across to control the jib while motoring out or after dropping the sail.

I am thinking of doing the same thing on my current boat. I ordered some bungee to do this. For some reason 3/8" seemed like a good number for bungee thickness, It is ridiculously thick. I am looking for suggestions on how to make this happen.

What size bungee?

How to tie or secure bungee to a stanchion?

What kind of hooks?

I remember from an article or discussion about seaweed based rubber bands for spinnaker launching. Does such a thing as an environmentally safe rubber band exist?
 
#5 ·
Sail tying a jib to a stanchion is probably my best skill as a sailor.

But because this is a new boat to me and I am likely going be single handing this boat or with inexperienced crew I am am trying to limit trips forward if I can. Because my halyards are led aft I could rig the jib at the dock and hoist when ready. I was hoping to find a something to secure the two bungees over the jib and breakaway during hoist. Maybe velcro?
 
#7 ·
On race boats we run a bungy from the pulpit base to the 2nd stanchion base down each side with a caribiner in the middle of the bungy Then when I drop a sail on deck I just grab the caribiner and bring it across and clip it to the bungy from the other side. This makes a crisscross of bungy across the foredeck that will control the headsail until it is time to put it up again.

You don't need really heavy bungy. 1/4" or less is fine.

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#8 ·
On race boats we run a bungy from the pulpit base to the 2nd stanchion base down each side with a caribiner in the middle of the bungy Then when I drop a sail on deck I just grab the caribiner and bring it across and clip it to the bungy from the other side. This makes a crisscross of bungy across the foredeck that will control the headsail until it is time to put it up again.

You don't need really heavy bungy. 1/4" or less is fine.

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What he said, except that I use cheap plastic snap hooks that I buy at West Marine or the hardware store.

Jeff
 
#13 ·
Done properly this will keep you from stepping on your sails and the the shock chord at the deck works best with hank on sails. If you have lifelines or a punctured toerail, you pass the shock chord under the sail and hook it to your lifelines or punctured toerail. That pulls the sail out of the way. That works best if you have light cord zig-zagging in your lifelines to keep the sail onboard.

Without lifelines, if you want to restrain the sail to one side of the deck, you pass the shock chord under the sail, then over the top of the sail, then under the sail and hook it to the shock chord on the other side. Its really fast.

Jeff
 
#23 ·
We have a 22 foot boat with hand rails just inside the toe rails. What we do is have a bungee running from the back of the hand rail and up to the bow fair leads on both sides. there is a plastic hook near the middle of one side. We hold the middle of the two 1/4 inch cords together by passing the opposite cord through the hole in the base of the hook. This forms a small loop through which we pass a looped section of the jib sheet. When it's time to hoist, we give a yank and this frees the whole assembly. No need to go to the bow. When we douse, we just hook the middle of the opposite cord and this reforms the x shaped keeper. Using just one side and hooking the cord to itself would keep the foredeck clear. We don't have a pulpit or life lines, but the same method would work with them.