How to rig the jib sheet on H16

OK, having had an H16 for three years now, I feel a little stupid asking this, but . . .

I had always had two jib sheets (or rather one piece of rope tied with a cow hitch in the bight through the clew of the jib, with two bitter ends). I led each jib sheet through a jib traveler on the front crossbar, and then through the cam cleat.

Over the weekend I saw a much more complicated looking arrangement in which the sheet was reeved back and forth between the two travelers and a set of sheaves. The sheaves are attached to the clew of the jib. The two jib sheets end up as a single loop sitting on the tramp.

Is this the way a jib sheet is supposed to be reeved? Does anyone have a diagram? How long should a jib sheet be to reeve it in such a way?

Thanks, and apologies if this is stupid.

Paris.

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Broward County, FL
1984 Hobie 16, Olympic Edition (kept in NY)

yes. stock goes:

tie off on the jib traveler. go from that to the clew of the jib, around the block, then through the traveler.....back through the other side traveler, around the block on the jib, and tie off on the same traveler. that way its in a loop.

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1981 Hobie 16
1982 Hobie 14 turbo (sold)
1996 SeaDoo GTI
1999 Hunter 340

I found this image:



On this thread:

http://www.hobiecat.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=3863&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=jib+sheet&start=0

My traveler is probably a little different - it has spring pins that have to be pulled up in order to shift the traveler. But can someone confirm that the reeving of the jib sheet is still the same as in this diagram?

Also, I'm still wondering how long a jib sheet needs to be when rigged this way.

-Paris.

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Broward County, FL
1984 Hobie 16, Olympic Edition (kept in NY)

That's not a rigging diagram for a jib sheet - it's for the TrenTec traveller car control lines (which you don't have).

Jib sheet should be about 32' long.

MBounds - thank you for pointing that out (and thanks as always for your help). Can you possibly post a picture of how it SHOULD be reeved using the setup I have (1984 H16).

-Paris.

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Broward County, FL
1984 Hobie 16, Olympic Edition (kept in NY)

Did you not get the picture i sent you via email?

anyways, heres another picture.

http://www.thebeachcats.com/gallery2/ma ... alNumber=6

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1981 Hobie 16
1982 Hobie 14 turbo (sold)
1996 SeaDoo GTI
1999 Hunter 340

Yes, and thanks for both. Paris.

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Broward County, FL
1984 Hobie 16, Olympic Edition (kept in NY)

Sweet! I just replaced the jib sheet on my boat using the "loop on the tramp" method by playing "follow the leader" with the new line following the old line. Glad you guys posted the pictures so I can understand it a little better!