On boats with asymmetrical spinnakers I like to connect the two sides of the ‘Y’ sheet with a soft shackle that also goes to the spinnaker. This saves weight over a conventional shackle and creates an ...

Mainsails: On small boats it is common to attach the main halyard to the main via a half hitch style knot, or even a dog bone. Because the halyard comes down one side of the headboard rather than ...