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

[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