Shawn, While some sailors prefer to “luggage tag” a single sheet to the clew of their jib thus saving the excess bulk of a pair of bowlines that may hang up on a baby stay or other deck mounted obstructions, I’ve gone back to using two separate jib sheets on the 135% jib of our Landfall 35. To secure the sheets to the sail, I’ve spliced a small eye on the end of the sheet and use a ¼”x3” spectra soft shackle at the clew attachment point. This way I avoid the bulk of a large heavy knot that might whack somebody on the foredeck or hang up while tacking, but it makes it easy to remove a sheet that could be accidently overwrapped on the winch, something you can’t do when using a single sheet with a loop at the clew.
I’m encouraged by your desire to downsize your jib sheets. Many sailors purchasing new sheets buy enormously oversized line because they feel it provides better “hand” and makes the rope easier to grip under load. I could see that mindset if you were sailing an Etchells or some other mid size racer that doesn’t have winches, but how often does a C&C owner trim their jib using arm strength alone, requiring a significant grip on the line? Most folks will simply wind the line onto the winch and pull (or grind) using the mechanical advantage of the winches. Big heavy sheets can weigh down the clew and foot of the jib in light air conditions and are harder to get sufficient wraps around the winch if you really need to keep the rope from slipping in a hard blow. Just last week I had a friend ask me to source some ¾” line for genoa sheets on a 44’ Sloop (not a C&C). That seems rather excessive in my mind and the size of the line certainly isn’t necessary from a load standpoint. But in his mind, bigger was better and was willing to spend a whole lot of money to get a sheet that looked and felt massive. I don’t even think the J-Class boats use jib sheets that big… Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 Landfall 35 Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Shawn Wright via CnC-List Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 7:08 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Shawn Wright <shawngwri...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Genoa sheets for Landfall 38 Regarding genoa/jib sheets: is it acceptable to use one double length sheet, marked in the middle, then looped through the clew? I will need to replace the sheets on our new 35 as they are too large, and the knots are also bulky as result. It seemed to me that a single sheet looped through would solve this. Are there any downsides to doing this? On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:16 PM Dreuge via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote:
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