What to call this twing. downhauler, jib sheet lead?

[benz]

Hi Allen,

I vote for 'Twing', since that's more or less the noise mine makes when I accidentally let go of it before properly making fast. Who vounteers for the Wikipedia entry?

[allene]

Does "twing" have a meaning as in where did the name come from? I see it is what you use to hold down cargo in a space ship but that is all I could fine. I was told by a friend who first suggested it as the name for this jib sheet downhaul that it was adapted from a non sailing term. There is a tent called Twing but I think that stands for T-Wing as they also have an F-Wing.

[allene]

Brion,

Do you care to chime in on what this line is called in this application, the jibsheet downhaul, twing, choker, lizard line?

Allen

[allene]

Originally Posted by benz

Hi Allen,

I vote for 'Twing', since that's more or less the noise mine makes when I accidentally let go of it before properly making fast. Who vounteers for the Wikipedia entry?

I am going with Twing. I wrote the concept up here: http://l-36.com/twing.php

The idea is to go from the yellow sail to the green sail in the sketch below without moving the jib car by using a twing


Allen