Your experience sounds exactly the same as mine. The use of the Alpine Butterfly has similar physics but allows for the use of a soft shackle which makes changing the headsail a possibility.
Josh Jun 17, 2022 09:08:24 Nathan Post via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>: > I found that the luggage tag approach (attached at the middle of a long > continuous sheet) works well for me. Of course that is only helpful if you > don't do headsail changes frequently or at all. If you have eye splices in > your sheets you could try luggage tagging each of them to the clew if the > grommet in the sail is large enough to do that. > > Nathan > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 8:46 AM Matthew via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: >> >> Thanks, Josh. The photo shows a soft shackle tied to a genny sheet with a >> bowline (or what appears to be a bowline). How does this configuration >> solve the problem of the bowline getting hung up on stays when tacking a 150 >> genny? >> >> >> >> *From:* Josh via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, June 17, 2022 1:44 AM >> *To:* Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Cc:* Josh <muckl...@gmail.com> >> *Subject:* Stus-List Re: Genoa sheets catch on shrouds >> >> >> >> https://stingysailor.com/2015/06/27/diy-soft-shackles-for-quick-and-easy-headsail-changes-2/ >> >> The alpine butterfly is the single best improvement for me. >> >> Josh Muckley >> S/V Sea Hawk >> 1980 C&C 37+ >> Solomons, MD >> >> >> >> Jun 16, 2022 13:32:30 David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>: >> >>> What have people found to be the best way to keep the genoa sheet >>> attachment from catching on the shrouds during a tack? I use a dyneema >>> soft shackle to attach the sheets to the clew, but that has not solved the >>> problem over knots. Thanks- Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> S/V Aries >>> >>> 1990 C&C 34+ >>> >>> New London, CT >>> >>> >>> [cid:18171c206904cff311] >>> >>> >>>
