Cindy,

Ditto what Steve said. If the two bowlines are tied opposite so that
the "bumps" face outward on each side, they shouldn't snag. I don't
exactly speak from experience however as I only fly a yankee up front,
not big enough to snag. That said, we used to use a lanyard hitch
(larks head, cow hitch) on the jib sheets on the Newport 30 I race on.
This season we cut the long line in two and went to bowlines as it makes
sail changes easier and makes it easier to fix a screw up after dousing
the spinnaker when the lazy jib sheet is accidentally led under the pole
or something.

Brion Toss mentions using a brummel splice in "Complete Rigger's
Apprentice" which I plan to use for my storm sails. It should prove
pretty snag-proof, as long as you don't want to remove them often.
Here, I even found a site with a picture:
http://www.scbiz.net/jcox/acm/brummel.htm (although I personally
wouldn't use a shackle).

-Casey

> From: Cindy Ballreich [mailto:cindy # ballreich.net]
> Subject: [baba] How do you attach your genoa sheets?
>
> Our genoa sheets are currently attached with bowlines. We've
> tied them as small as possible, but they catch on the shrouds
> with every tack.
> There are plenty of other things for the sheets to catch on
> without this! We were wondering about alternatives. One
> thought was to have a single really long line and attach it
> to the clew with a lanyard hitch in the middle of the line.
> Can anyone think of a reason why this would be a bad idea?


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