We followed your lead with our new jib sheets. Or a variation...

Posted By: Russell
Date: 11/23/08 3:41p.m.

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In Response To: Beats me what you call it, but Charles Brennan and I both use a variation (pic) (Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 "Tehani" Magnolia Beach, Tex)

For the toggle, we used some three strand, put in a Walker knot as the button, and then braided it to the sheet. The doubled sheet is lashed in front of the braid, and the braid end is whipped. We'll see how well it all holds.

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so what kind of knot or hitch is this -- Roger (Ninette, Manitoba, Canada) -- 11/22/08 2:28p.m.

for additional clarity -- Roger (Ninette, Manitoba, Canada) -- 11/22/08 2:32p.m.

Beats me what you call it, but Charles Brennan and I both use a variation -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 "Tehani" Magnolia Beach, Tex -- 11/22/08 3:00p.m.

tks charlie -- Roger (Ninette, Manitoba, Canada) -- 11/22/08 8:49p.m.

We use the knotted end- here's a pic with it open -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 "Tehani" Magnolia Beach, Tex -- 11/23/08 3:46a.m.

What are the advantages over a bowline on a bight? -- Nick Scheuer, TRUE NORTH, Rockford, IL -- 11/23/08 8:12a.m.

Sounds like it would work, but the seizing might be neater -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 11/23/08 9:52a.m.

No, no, no; I mean tying a BOAB directly to the clew -- Nick Scheuer, TRUE NORTH, Rockford, IL -- 11/23/08 10:44a.m.

Ok, I think I know what you mean -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 11/23/08 11:51a.m.

Mine is the same, just smaller loops, 'cause the bight only goes through - - - -- Nick Scheuer, TRUE NORTH, Rockford, IL -- 11/23/08 12:08p.m.

I think climbers normally use a re-threaded figure eight -- Brian, Precision 23, Lake Lanier, GA -- 11/23/08 1:45p.m.

Don't ask me - I keep my feet on the ground! -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 11/23/08 1:52p.m.

Some climbers do -- Bob McGovern, Diarmuid and Grainnia -- 11/23/08 4:10p.m.

We have a reefing jib, so tying a knot would mean UNTYING that knot ( twice) -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 "Tehani" Magnolia Beach, Tex -- 11/23/08 2:38p.m.

We have the same, but as Carl and I were discussing - - - -- Nick Scheuer, TRUE NORTH, Rockford, IL -- 11/23/08 4:14p.m.

I'm missing something.. -- Rick Kane- Ensenada 20 'Hacenada' - Mpls -- 11/23/08 9:46p.m.

You make the bight, push it through the grommet, - - - -- Nick Scheuer, TRUE NORTH, Rockford, IL -- 11/24/08 2:21a.m.

I see, that works; Carl's pic shows a little different knot -- Rick Kane- Ensenada 20 'Hacenada' - Mpls -- 11/24/08 6:48a.m.

Carl's pic is a bowline on a bight -- Brian, Precision 23, Lake Lanier, GA -- 11/24/08 7:06a.m.

Our SM, who had a whole lot on the ball, called the knot we tied a - - - -- Nick Scheuer, TRUE NORTH, Rockford, IL -- 11/24/08 9:35a.m.

 We followed your lead with our new jib sheets. Or a variation...   -- Russell -- 11/23/08 3:41p.m.

There ya go - nice! -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 11/23/08 5:09p.m.

Only 3-strand braid I know I learned when a boy doing my sisters' pigtails. -- Russell -- 11/23/08 6:30p.m.

I use that arrangement too on Knotfree. -- Earl Hall, 'Knotfree' a Hartley TS16, Vancouver, BC, Canada -- 11/23/08 7:02a.m.