kydocfrog Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Anybody got photos of various arrangements / locations for leading jibsheets? I'm probably going not do the club foot, so I'm curious what kinds of lead angles etc have worked. DocA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave R1 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 I'll look to see if I have some piectures showing the jib sheet lead but I just put a block at the base of the forward shrouds with a quick link. It seems to be in a decent spot for the lead. Then they go back to a cam cleat on the side deck a little past the cabin bulkhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave R1 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 That was easy. Here's a shot of the port side. and the starboard side. By the way, the green line is the jib halyard, the one next to it is the topping lift and on the port side it is peak and throat halyards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kydocfrog Posted May 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Ohhh...that's neat. And simple. Thanks DA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Gowans Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Here's mine - I use jib sheets with my lapper. Of course you can't use a club foot when the clew of the sail comes behind the mast. I still use the club foot with my standard jib. This fairlead was place by experimentation. I set up the lapper in my driveway and moved the sheet around with different headings until I found the best spot for it to come in. A movable track would be nice if I had more sails, but I don't plan any more. And I also have this little fetish about trying to use only hand made parts. The lines follow back to another fairlead next to the combrail and then to a jam cleat. The block you see is for the jib sheet when I use the club foot. I love my lapper, in low wind and heavy, however I don't like to single hand it in heavy. I don't have enough hands and time to adjust the jib sheet on the lee side of the boat, hold the main and steer. When I begin to heal significantly and my ballast is all wrong on the lee side, I often have to hold the jib sheet to be able to sail at all. This is just too tricky and not fun. I remember one storm that came up sudden where I had to do this. In conditions like these I prefer to take it a little easier and use the club foot. Dave, I don't see how you can get proper sail shape with that block where it is. I think I'm not seeing the fore end of the sheet. Where is the main point of attachment for the sheet on the boat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Butchart Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Phil - I quite like the look of those fairleads - do you have any notes on how you made them or attached them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Gowans Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Phil - I quite like the look of those fairleads - do you have any notes on how you made them or attached them? Andrew - they are made from scrap mahogany. I think 4/4. First drilled then shaped on my sanding table (just a belt sander held down). Then edges routed with a roundover bit - I hate sharp corners on anything on a boat. The hole was routed with a larger bit to lessen rope abrasion. The ones in the photo are screwed in from underneath the deck. Ones you can not see are countersunk and bolted in from above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Butchart Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Thanks Phil. I may try for a few of those myself. I have some elm that should work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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