That !@#$&***!! Hitch!

[Pernicious Atavist]

Now, I've asked this before--at least once--and I can't find the link I know {okay, I'm sure} I saved....

This is a hitch used to attach a line to a sail. It consists of a loop and a short, knotted line worked into the end of a sheet, whatever. The loop is passed through the clew and the knot through the loop.

In the {dark} crevices of my mind, it's called a Dutch...whatever...or not....

Dagnabit....

[Banjo]

LOL, If I tried it, it would be called a "Granny Knot" :D

[Thorne]

Perhaps one of these?

http://www.wayfarer-international.org/WIT/race.related/RiggingTips/TonJaspers/TJhalsheet.html

http://www.wayfarer-international.org/WIT/race.related/RiggingTips/TonJaspers/TJjibsheet.gif


Here's a previous WB thread on the subject -

http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=48788
http://www.quietwind.net/imgs/jibsheetknot.jpg

[Pernicious Atavist]

Thorne, I LOVE your hat! Yeah, that's it! The B&W pic in the thread calls it a 'Dutchman's method' of attaching a jib sheet...see? I was close....
Thanks!

[Thorne]

How about THIS hat?
http://www.luckhardt.com/thorne-gg.jpg


Or THIS one?
http://www.luckhardt.com/noking1.jpg

(don't get me started)

I also remembered the thread as it was referenced for the knot I used to tie in a thimble for my jib outhaul on the bowsprit.