All you need to know about bridles
Jonathan and his wife Josephine bought their Lightwave 38 new, and sail out of their homeport of Sydney, Australia. The couple regularly sail to the tropical north, but with places like the Whitsundays becoming increasingly popular, they decided to move their annual cruises south. Tasmania enjoys at least one Storm Warning a month through the summer, and many more in winter. The couple’s ground tackle has been honed to meet the demands of anything the Southern Ocean and Roaring Forties can throw at them. This article is a description of part of their ground tackle developments.
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Publié le
15/06/2021
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Jonathan Neeves
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SP16
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2021
Multihulls, catamarans in particular, have been using bridles for decades. The major reasons to use a bridle were to reduce veering and to take the load off the windlass. Sadly, most multihull bridles miss one of the major advantages of introducing rope between chain and yacht because the common multihull bridle lacks elasticity. Multihull bridles tend to be too short and too large in diameter and if you want any snubbing effect, you need elasticity. Elasticity is simply best achieved with thin, long, commonly, nylon rope. When blue water cruising, multihulls spend up to 90% of their time at a…
