Funny Sailing Pics
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I found mine attached to the bulkhead when I saw the boat the first time. I’ve never researched where to buy new ones. Sorry
They're called Sheetbags. Defender, West, and no doubt other stores carry them. Or you can buy a kit and make your own at Sailrite.com https://www.sailrite.com/Sheet-Bag-Kit
I made a couple last year, they are fairly easy to make.
I have mixed feelings about them. On one hand they’re convenient and easy to use. On the other hand the lines tend to tangle with each other.
I did a quick search on the SBO store but couldn’t find the line hanger things that they sell. If I didn’t have either I’d probably opt to coil and hang the lines instead of bagging them.
Yep. They're best for lines that are seldom used but get in the way, like the jib halyard when you have roller furling, or reefing lines lead back to the cockpit. Terrible for the mainsheet or jib sheets, iffy on the main halyard.
I have one of the sheet bags with suction cups that are supposed to hold it to a bulkhead. I finally gave up on it because the suction cups wouldn’t hold. It seemed like temperature changes overnight caused the problem, even though the attaching surface was clean and smooth. I never used it for lines, it normally just contained gloves that weren’t being used.
I now keep my jib halyard coiled at the mast. Saves lots of tangleage. Basically if I rarely use it I coil it where it where it’s out of the way.
How about something more like this
Almost as convenient and a lot more nautical looking. I think I'll do something like this on my cabin bulkhead at the fore of my cockpit.
- Will (Dragonfly)
We use Blue Performance bags on BlueJ. I think 5 mounted, 3 outside, 2 inside. Seems they mostly catch winch handles, beer cans, and binocs. Rarely cordage.
http://www.blueperformance.com/pages/product_details.html?../images/products/bulkhead-sheet-bags.jpg
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Pretty much! But anything that keeps goodies from going out the open transom is a good thing. Our incidences of gear overboard is way down since we installed the bags. We tried to used them for lines, but in the heat of racing our pit and trimmers hated it.
We have something like those as well, you can see them in the picture. Came with the boat as built. I think they are OK if you have lines you don't adjust when sailing. We adjust everything, so nothing can be secured down. After sailing, its easier for us to just coil them all around the cabintop winch.
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Same here. when racing, the main and jib halyard, along with the main sheet get tossed down the hatch into the cabin to get them out of the cockpit.
When not sailing they all get hung on the cabintop winches
+1 on these. But not for using while sailing. We use them for storing lines when not on the boat. They are good, because if you coil the line so it does not touch the floor of the cockpit, the lines are dry (as opposed to the bags).
Both the jib and spin halyards are sort of at the mast. The winch is on the cabin top with a couple of stoppers. The sheet bag I made was to contain these seldom used halyards so the wouldn't come uncoiled and wash across the deck. It looks much neater, sorry no photos.
Are you really suggesting that people add belaying pins to modern fiberglass sailboats??