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A Jib Shackle

HEN CRAWLING ABOUT ON the foredeck with the jib
Wflapping around your head the last thing you want is a
lump of metal trying to hit you as well. How the jib sheets are
fixed to the jib is quite important. This rope jib shackle is a safe
substitute for the metal shackle so often used. I call it a
Dutchman’s jib shackle because that is what James Lawrence,
the Brightlingsea sailmaker, called it when I first spotted this
useful arrangement of lanyard knot, double crown and seizing.
We get many a Dutch visitor to the east coast of England and
I guess it was first introduced to our region by one such visitor.
There are other variations using the boatswain’s whistle
lanyard knot (page 99) but this version of the lanyard knot,
based on a wall knot with a double crown finish, gives a good
wide flat button. This lanyard knot was used as the stopper
knot on the lanyard that is reeved through the deadeyes to set
up standing rigging.

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