Stolen jib...
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:58 am
Okay this is probably the weirdest incident that has so far happened to THE INCIDENT. Certainly the weirdest in the five years I have owned her.
Someone boarded her at her mooring last Friday night, lowered the working jib, took out the clevis pin for the head attachment and the one for the foot. Lost or took one clevis pin. Left the halyard loose but closed the mainsail cover over it. Untied and unknotted the jib sheets and took them and the sail to god knows where.
As far as I know no one is particularly mad at me, and as far as I have ever seen, the antique Schaeffer roller furling mechanism is pretty much gone the way of the dinosaurs. I have seen one other one, and that was at a Sailboats graveyard. Never seen another one on a boat.
The system requires a jib with a THICK luffwire and no attachment to the headstay. It functions pretty well, but the sag in the jib led to rapid improvements of better systems.
I have left a 110 genny and a storm trysail. Neither has the sunbrella cover that the missing jib had.
I guess my question is: Anyone out there have one of these old jibs that they want to sell?
Oh. That and just whining to understanding listeners. I don't think the CSI folks could figure this one out--and neither can I!
Someone boarded her at her mooring last Friday night, lowered the working jib, took out the clevis pin for the head attachment and the one for the foot. Lost or took one clevis pin. Left the halyard loose but closed the mainsail cover over it. Untied and unknotted the jib sheets and took them and the sail to god knows where.
As far as I know no one is particularly mad at me, and as far as I have ever seen, the antique Schaeffer roller furling mechanism is pretty much gone the way of the dinosaurs. I have seen one other one, and that was at a Sailboats graveyard. Never seen another one on a boat.
The system requires a jib with a THICK luffwire and no attachment to the headstay. It functions pretty well, but the sag in the jib led to rapid improvements of better systems.
I have left a 110 genny and a storm trysail. Neither has the sunbrella cover that the missing jib had.
I guess my question is: Anyone out there have one of these old jibs that they want to sell?
Oh. That and just whining to understanding listeners. I don't think the CSI folks could figure this one out--and neither can I!