We had a running debate on Moxie at the end of last season about how best to attach the sheets. We had a set with a Tylaska spliced on, but managed to throw that overboard. Since that time we have luggage tagged a long sheet in the middle and twin tailed it back. We also experimented with it as a continuous sheet tied with 2 bowlines.

Each method has its strengths and weaknesses. We do have to change sails here periodically, so the Tylaska was nice for quick changes, but it's expensive and it's a piece of metal banging around up there. The luggage tag is simple, but is hard to untie after sailing with it for any length of time and impossible to change out on the fly. We took to tying a second sheet on the sail we expected to replace whatever headsail we started with and replaced sails and sheets on the swap. Running the sheets again was kind of a hassle. The bowlines are a little quicker to swap out, and you can undo the lazy sheet first, but is still slower than the Tylaska and the bowlines can hang up on the shrouds.

Soft shackles look interesting, but seem like they would be pretty slow to swap too? What are most folks using down there?