Tony Serigos Posted November 20, 2019 Share #1 Posted November 20, 2019 What is a "Jib Club"? Where does it go and what does it look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 20, 2019 Share #2 Posted November 20, 2019 It is a spar to which the foot of a jib sail is bent. If you are working from a sail plan, it should show up there. You can also find images by googling the term. mtaylor 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted November 20, 2019 Share #3 Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) Usually referred to as a "club jib," "self-tacking jib," or "self-tending jib," actually. It is a jib bent to a boom hinged at the stemhead, and sometimes sheeted to a traveller or track, which permits tacking without casting off the working jib sheet on each tack and belaying the other sheet on the opposite tack. The jib boom is what is sometimes referred to as a "club," owing to it's tendency to give the inattentive sailor a good whack if he doesn't stand clear of it when the boat tacks. They are real labor-savers, but more popular on cruising boats than on racing boats, particularly those that may make frequent headsail changes. boats, Edited November 20, 2019 by Bob Cleek allanyed, mtaylor and ccoyle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 21, 2019 Share #4 Posted November 21, 2019 With one post, Bob has outed me as a lubber! 😝 mtaylor and Bob Cleek 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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