The bowline knot in my headsail clue gets caught on my mast every other tack. Likely, the issue is that the headsail on my roller furling is too large, but I haven't pulled off all the sails to investigate it (I have a tall rig and the PO got these sails were from a standard rig.) I've tried making the knot as small as possible, but it still happens. Sometimes it gets caught on the shrouds instead, but usually it's the mast it gets caught on.
What do guys think of using an eye-splice (without a thimble) to "permanently" attach the jib sheets to my headsail clue? I realize in an emergency I might have to cut the splice out, but I would only lose about 10" of line if that happened.
What do guys think of using an eye-splice (without a thimble) to "permanently" attach the jib sheets to my headsail clue? I realize in an emergency I might have to cut the splice out, but I would only lose about 10" of line if that happened.