Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Nautical Detail


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  1. Ah,yes, a spliced main halyard connected to the clew by a bronze/brass snap shackle. Yo ho Ho and a bottle of rum me hearties.

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  2. Ah,yes, a spliced main halyard connected to the clew by a bronze/brass snap shackle. Yo ho Ho and a bottle of rum me hearties.

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  3. Er, Granny ... main halyard to clew?!?!?!? A main halyard attaches to a mainsail's head. An outhaul or a sheet attaches to a clew. Since there is no boom visible in the picture, one has to assume it is a single (of two required) sheet attached to the clew of a headsail. A bronze snap shackle has no place on the clew of a headsail - too dangerous when flogging. Bowlines are preferred. All in all, an ambiguous image; it MAY be a mainsheet on a loose-footed, and possibly boomless, main. So endeth the lesson.
    Cheers!
    (Alberg 37 owner)

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  4. No need, really. Without the context of a fuller shot, no sailor would bet his rum on a definitive answer.

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