ATDTDA (12) "And All Of That Jibin' Around"** [328:23]

[Keith]

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[328:23] "You could've just pulled one them 'North River jibes' of  
yours"	

North River Jibe = uncontrolled standing jibe

   http://tinyurl.com/23x5dj

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The Hudson River sloop rigging was fairly simple, consisting of three  
heavy shrouds athwartship to the mast hounds, with no spreaders, and  
tightened by rigging through dead eyes on the lower shroud ends, and  
an extended frame timber. The sloops carried a forestay to the  
masthead and a second forestay from the same point on the bowsprit to  
the head of the top mast. There were no backstays or runners; the  
weight of the boom, sail, and gaff surely must have been more than  
sufficient, considering also that the shrouds were run nearly plumb  
from a slightly raked mast, giving considerable backstaying effect.

The main sheet was a multiple-part block-and-tackle, rigged from the  
traveler at the taffrail to one point above on the boom. Consider  
having 3,000 or so feet of one-inch main sheet and perhaps six-part  
tackle, and you can realize what a tremendous mass of gear came  
sweeping across during a jibe. It is no wonder that a “North River  
Jibe” was a fearful maneuver!
   http://www.hrmm.org/diglib/hrsrinc/technical.html


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