Ah! The light dawns and "good on ya" for swapping ends! [grin]

Rick Emerson
S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35

Casey McMullen wrote:

>Rick,
>
>Sorry, I mentioned that I wouldn't use a shackle like in the picture.
>The picture however is not from Brion Toss, it's from some other
>punter's web site. Brion Toss doesn't mention using a shackle in his
>recommendation of the brummel, and I'll bet he wouldn't like it either
>for the same reasons as you and I.
>
>I mentioned the picture only to show a brummel splice. Imagine it
>spliced directly to the clew (with no shackle involved whatsoever). It
>would never untie, and is less likely to snag on anything.
>
>I also forgot to mention another reason why I cut my sheets in two and
>use bowlines is that now I can reverse the sheets every season to
>distribute wear more evenly.
>
>
>



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Received on Mon Jun 06 16:38:57 2005