Mod to use cap dory jib on c27 tall rig

[biggio]

Mod to use cape dory jib on c27 tall rig

I have a C27 tall rig. I have a only 155 genoa for my headsail.
I got a good deal on a cape Dory Jib 250 dollars and is in excellent shape.
I hanked it on and pulled it up and it is about 2 feet short of gong up all the way. I knew I was going to have to do a mod going into the deal.
What I'm told is I need to make a pendant. I'm not sure if pendant is the right term.
I need to attach it from the fitting on my bow roller. What I need help with
is material type and diameter to handle the loads it will be exposed to.
Any tips that would help would be appreciated.

 

[Stu Jackson]

Jib pendant

I tried using plastic covered wire with Nicro Press thimbles. The length is important.

I finally gave that up and use high strength line. We keep our jib on a furler, so the halyard is always tensioned and I loosen the line at the foot at the end of a sail, before I furl the jib.

With your hank on new jib, you could go either way.

 

[Joe]

Go over to west marine, back in the rigging area you will find all the equipment and tools you will need to make you pendant. While you're there you might make a couple extras. They come in handy for many applications.

It's simply a length of wire with to loops pressed into each end. It's like a sailors extension cord. You can use vinyl coated wire if you like.... The wire diameter should be the same as the halyard... on a Cat 27 the wire halyards were 1/8 inch, but a size smaller won't hurt. Make sure you use the flexible, running rigging type wire. The WM guy will help.

So you cut a length of wire, loop it around a thimble and nicropress it together. There is a big nicropress device right there in the store.

 

[biggio]

Joe Stu thanks for the help. I'm so looking forward to getting out today with this new sail.