Winston29
Active Member
Or do you? I realize it's a small boat.
I asked this question over on SailingAnarchy, and got ridiculed for "asking too many questions". Too many question on a sailing forum?? I thought that was what sailing forums, and all forums, were for! Well, that and posting photos of your toys.
Sometimes it feels like the members of THAT forum think my questions are based on complete stupidity and no understanding of mechanics or common sense. It makes me very reluctant to use that site anymore, and that's a shame.
At any rate... Just curious what folks here like to do. Not a serious question; like I can't figure out what works best for me on my own. It's just fun to hear what others do to make things easier, and at the same time, breath some life into this sub-forum.
Earlier this month I got out for my first solo sail, and at the recommendations of several people, I tied my jib sheets together so I could use the lazy sheet as a retrieval line to access the active sheet.
Unfortunately this resulted in tangled lines piled up all over the cockpit floor, the Barney Post, the mainsheet block, etc. every time I tacked. A few people suggested making a "continuous jib sheet" by significantly shortening the sheets and tying the ends to the jib clew only. That way you have a "smooth", knot-free line running across the cockpit, from the port-side cleat to the starboard cleat.
Others said to just shorten my existing sheets, which I think, regardless of Catalina's recommendations, are waaaay too long.
Mine are a total of 38'.
I'm curious if anyone has tried this? My schedule has been so crazy this month, I haven't had, and won't have, time to get out to the boat to try out some new ideas, so like many people in the off season, I talk about my boat instead of sailing it.
-W
I asked this question over on SailingAnarchy, and got ridiculed for "asking too many questions". Too many question on a sailing forum?? I thought that was what sailing forums, and all forums, were for! Well, that and posting photos of your toys.
Sometimes it feels like the members of THAT forum think my questions are based on complete stupidity and no understanding of mechanics or common sense. It makes me very reluctant to use that site anymore, and that's a shame.
At any rate... Just curious what folks here like to do. Not a serious question; like I can't figure out what works best for me on my own. It's just fun to hear what others do to make things easier, and at the same time, breath some life into this sub-forum.
Earlier this month I got out for my first solo sail, and at the recommendations of several people, I tied my jib sheets together so I could use the lazy sheet as a retrieval line to access the active sheet.
Unfortunately this resulted in tangled lines piled up all over the cockpit floor, the Barney Post, the mainsheet block, etc. every time I tacked. A few people suggested making a "continuous jib sheet" by significantly shortening the sheets and tying the ends to the jib clew only. That way you have a "smooth", knot-free line running across the cockpit, from the port-side cleat to the starboard cleat.
Others said to just shorten my existing sheets, which I think, regardless of Catalina's recommendations, are waaaay too long.
Mine are a total of 38'.
I'm curious if anyone has tried this? My schedule has been so crazy this month, I haven't had, and won't have, time to get out to the boat to try out some new ideas, so like many people in the off season, I talk about my boat instead of sailing it.
-W