Slipping or stretching

Posted By: Les Denham
Date: 9/7/06 8:25a.m.

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In Response To: Slipping or stretching? (Jay Levy - Indianapolis, IN 5.2 #35)

The halyard may be 48 ft long, but only the length from the head of the sail, over the block to the cleat stretches when the jib is set -- that's about 20 ft, so 1% stretch is only 2.4 inches.

Messages In This Thread

Help buying Sheets and Halyards -- Gene Bragalone - #485 -- 9/1/06 8:06a.m.

Sheets and Halyards Specs -- Don Schroder -- 9/1/06 8:24a.m.

"Things get curiouser and curiouser " ... -- Gene Bragalone - #485 -- 9/3/06 8:30p.m.

preferences -- john bauer -- 9/3/06 10:17p.m.

Thanks for the Responses ... -- Gene Bragalone - #485 -- 9/6/06 1:25p.m.

Three in a row -- Mark Worden -- 9/6/06 9:48p.m.

Just FYI ... -- Gene Bragalone - #485 -- 9/7/06 12:33p.m.

halyards -- Jay Levy - Indianapolis, IN 5.2 #35 -- 9/6/06 4:00p.m.

My jib halyard is 3/16 -- Jenny, Harpoon 5.2 -- 9/4/06 9:51a.m.

Slipping or stretching? -- Jay Levy - Indianapolis, IN 5.2 #35 -- 9/5/06 10:10a.m.

It's pretty low-stretch -- Jenny -- 9/5/06 12:03p.m.

Slipping or stretching -- Les Denham -- 9/7/06 8:25a.m.

Duh!...My bad... You are correct... -- Jay Levy - Indianapolis, IN 5.2 #35 -- 9/7/06 1:04p.m.

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