What is this called?

Posted by WestCartographer9478@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 42 comments

Last time i sailed i found my sheets rub on my teak handrails. I found one of these to help redirect the sheet but i cant for the life of me find another one 🤣 Until then when i tack, I’m forced to run forward and switch the track to the opposite side. (Joking) Thanks in advance.

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fjm200@reddit

Isnt that a car for the genoa/jib track?

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planetm3@reddit

Ring style mast car.

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WestCartographer9478@reddit (OP)

Thanks so much! I may end up gettinf another block and car as i think the line would chaff over time using this?

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FarmerGreedy2557@reddit

check out garhauer they sell that kind of stuff at a better price than most, and its a legit family business

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jaxn@reddit

That is not for running a line through the ring. It’s for clipping a spinnaker pole to the mast - there would be a track on the front of the mast.

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Significant_Tie_3994@reddit

...or on the deck centerline up to the cabin bump, which is the Way Butler (PBUH) designed it (STR clue: the CD linky)

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WestCartographer9478@reddit (OP)

Ahhhh thank you, im still a green horn but understand friction!

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Icy-Artist1888@reddit

I have 2 nice schaeffer blocks on 1 " tracks i m selling for 200$ cdn.

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JB4-3@reddit

Literally saw this swinging from the spinnaker halyard last weekend and thought “oh man that’s gonna be a tough one to identify”

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C-30Alexandra@reddit

This ☝️

Ring style mast track car

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planetm3@reddit

Or ring car

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Bluesme01@reddit

when tacking a Jib sheet catcher

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IanSan5653@reddit

I think I have one if you want it (free for the cost of shipping). Let me know and I'll look around for it.

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MrRourkeYourHost@reddit

Word of warning...don't put that on an aluminum track. Brass and Al don't like each other.

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WhatsMyNameAgain1701@reddit

Is that a jib sheet lead car? Looks like it would be for an older type boat.

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Successful_Cod_8904@reddit

It's to catch your jibsheet while tacking.

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WhatsMyNameAgain1701@reddit

Hey jacka$$. OP asked what it was called…not what it does. It is a vintage jib sheet car.

Here is an eBay (not something I’m selling) listing of one similar.

It IS a vintage jib sheet car.

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Successful_Cod_8904@reddit

You are a mongloid do didn't get the irony, fucktard

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Firm_Objective_2661@reddit

We just let our bowman re-set the spin pole so the sheets run below it. Much more efficient at catching them that way.

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slydude71@reddit

Didn't see the subreddit, thought it was a weird firearm sight.

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JagPie@reddit

Reflex sight?

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WestCartographer9478@reddit (OP)

Circa 1850 🤣

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Resqusto@reddit

It's a Stargate with DHD

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Compulawyer@reddit

I think you mean chappa’ai

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Resqusto@reddit

you misspelled Astria Porter

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AnarZak@reddit

it's for the spinnaker pole to connect to the track on the front of the mast

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Beelzabub@reddit

Maybe a spinnaker fairlead car since OP said the jin rubbed a teak handrail?

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AnarZak@reddit

it's not for running lines through, it's a spinnaker pole car.

if they're using it for something else that's fine, but it doesn't change what it is.

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nicholhawking@reddit

If you're trying to lead your jib sheet this is too high friction and you should be using a block on a car...

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WestCartographer9478@reddit (OP)

Its for my cutter, the sheets do run through a block on a car currently, just need that few inches of redirection to prevent my sweet sweet Cetol from keeping buffed off :)

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nicholhawking@reddit

Hmmm I presume you have it forward of your block... why not just move your block forward??

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WestCartographer9478@reddit (OP)

HOLY COW, thank you all so much! Now my sweet baby will get two new shiney ones and I’ll keep this as backup.

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Significant_Tie_3994@reddit

Well, I'd call it a car padeye, but those are generally aligned to be along the track which is the way padeyes generally go, maybe a car fairlead?. I know the track pawl would be taking most of the strain on that, so definitely not ideal. Addendum, forespar just calls it a "mast car" https://www.forespar.com/products/sail-mast-car.shtml

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