jib sail attachment hardware ??
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:45 pm
I've now moved to the jib as my last part of inspection / review and hoisted my jib on the boat while it sits on the trailer in my drive way.
This should be pretty straight forward, but I can't figure out from the hardware that the PO used / provided with the boat what to use to secure the tack of the sail.
Snap shackle doesn't fit through the grommet (so why use a snap shackle here?), there is also a front stay tensioning shackle that seems to be in the way and a luff tensioning wire set up, but with the hardware I've got there is no extra tension to be had once I raise the jib. Luff Tensioning wire set up goes through the deck, "wishbones" with a block and then there are ropes coming back through the caddy that exit on each side of the the cuddy door and held in place with a cam cleat.
Some one have some pictures of their jib hardware?
Here are some pictures of what I have
This should be pretty straight forward, but I can't figure out from the hardware that the PO used / provided with the boat what to use to secure the tack of the sail.
Snap shackle doesn't fit through the grommet (so why use a snap shackle here?), there is also a front stay tensioning shackle that seems to be in the way and a luff tensioning wire set up, but with the hardware I've got there is no extra tension to be had once I raise the jib. Luff Tensioning wire set up goes through the deck, "wishbones" with a block and then there are ropes coming back through the caddy that exit on each side of the the cuddy door and held in place with a cam cleat.
Some one have some pictures of their jib hardware?
Here are some pictures of what I have