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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote samuel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 September 2022 at 16:22
Originally posted by Peter-Blake Peter-Blake wrote:

you do Not Need a extra tackline. I Use
 the Jibsheet from the selftacker. Works Perfect! Just run it Through the Block an the bow.

I would not do that.
Firstly because I use a block on my jib clew to do a 2:1 sheeting.
secondly it would be a faff disconnecting it& reconnecting & tying the Sail with a tie. Leaning over the pulpit trying to threadle through a block & back to the asymetric sail. It would delay setting the jib & involve unnecessary deck work. Not required when SH
Third it would mean I could not set the jib prior to dropping the sail & the asym might go round the forstay, which has happened more than a few times in the past 50 years.
Fourth I sheet the jib in tight when furled & the sheet gives me something to hold on to.

I have a long tack line which runs very free, unlike the jib sheet. It doubles up as a barber hauler because I have a low friction ring with a snap shackle spliced on that just sits on the line ready for use. It can be led aft & clipped to the gunwale & the end taken up to the ST clew It can then be trimmed from the cockpit. So it doubles up its use. I find this far tidier than the solution oft touted by Martin & Rene. I can clip it to clew, sheet or car & adjust independantly of the jibsheet from the cockpit

But I do not use a snuffer as I sail single handed so a snuffer would be too dangerous. I hoist the asym from the bag on the deck whilst standing in the cockpit where I can control sheet,tack & halyard. I prefer to just drop the asym under the boom from the cockpit & stuff it down the hatch where I can bag it at leisure & in safety.


Edited by samuel - 30 September 2022 at 16:28
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