Clips - Tent, Spinnaker, or ??

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Clips - Tent, Spinnaker, or ??

Postby BaltJones » Sun Jun 15, 2025 8:33 pm

I have a '65 DS1. It came with a spinnaker and associated sheet and other lines. It also has some yet-unidentified clips on each side of the boat, one at each aft corner and one midway back, somewhat near the jib blocks. Here are some photos.

Boat clips - 1.jpeg
Aft clips
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Boat clips - 2.jpeg
Side clips
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I have very limited experience with spinnakers in general and none on a Day Sailer. I'm wondering if these clips are for the spin sheet/guy line in place of an actual block. Has anyone encountered this setup?

My other thought is that the clips are related to a boom tent or similar cover. For those who have spinnaker rigging, are the aft clips about where you'd put a block for the sheets?

Thanks for any help,

Brian
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Re: Clips - Tent, Spinnaker, or ??

Postby GreenLake » Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:53 am

The forward clips, positioned aft of the shrouds could be used to hold a guy. The actual part that is usually sold for that pretty similar in function: closed towards the outside, but guy can be "hooked in" from the inside. Usually, I think, not placed as far inboard, but I can't be sure, because I don't have something like that rigged for my spinnaker. (Use a search engine/browser to search the forum, not the internal search, and you might find something in the older posts).

I've seen pictures of aft blocks that are placed in front of the stern cleats. Often these allow the line to go forward below the deck to some turning block with cleat. I did something simpler that started out as a temporary solution while figuring out whether sailing with a spinnaker was for me. However, adding blocks like these to those clips in the back might work.

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Before you use the clips for anything spinnaker-related, make sure that they are strong enough. If you have stern cleats, you might like to copy my setup. I found it does not interfere with using the cleats to tie up. In fact, these work so well, I've stopped thinking about a more "permanent" replacement.

As for the idea that they are for a boom tent, the curious part is that they open inward. However, that might work with a design that incorporates aluminum or fiberglass support that might push outward when installed.
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