Secure clew on genoa sheet

[Craig Illman]

The PO upsized all the running rigging and I'm in the process of getting everything replaced with correct sizes to run better through all the blocks. I was planning on replacing the pair of genoa sheets with a single line. For people that have done this, what knot have they used to attach the clew in the middle of this long sheet? I have a couple ideas, but would prefer leveraging the expertise of more skilled sailors.

Craig

[Stu Jackson]

Craig, after reading hundreds of thousands of these exact questions, the consensus is simple:

Cow hitch until you want to reverse them, then bowlines, or a buntline hitch or other knot of your choice.

Why people do things like that is beyond me.   Wastes money and doesn't work.  Hmm, what a fine model!    

Good luck.

Here's one of those examples:  http://forums.catalina.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?p=730455&highlight=cow%20hitch

[KWKloeber]

The PO upsized all the running rigging and I'm in the process of getting everything replaced with correct sizes to run better through all the blocks. I was planning on replacing the pair of genoa sheets with a single line. For people that have done this, what knot have they used to attach the clew in the middle of this long sheet? I have a couple ideas, but would prefer leveraging the expertise of more skilled sailors.

Craig

many 'acceptable' methods/knots ... see:

http://www.cruisingonstrider.us/images/jibsheetknot.jpg
http://www.wayfarer-international.org/WIT/race.related/RiggingTips/TonJaspers/TJjibsheet.gif

butterfly hitch.  The cow hitch is probably the most widely used and easiest to untie, besides:
https://anthonywillmott.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/image004.jpg

Ken K

[Craig Illman]

Thanks Ken & Stu.

[Ron Hill]

Craig : The simplest is to just have 2 sheet lines tied to the clew with a bowlines.  Then take the bitter end and use a wire black tie to secure it to the running end - and it will never accidently untie itself.

With a bowline then you can"end for end" the line every couple of years to distribute the wear.

One long single line gets hard to handle and store if you strip the sails off for the winter and re-rig in the spring  

A Thought