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Good morning!
I'm in the process of replacing the probably 30 year old sail on my new-to-me Peep Hen and figured now is the time to consider using mast hoops. I made a bunch in the shop, with a nice chamfer on the edges, courtesy of my lathe, and am now evaluating the best method of bending the sail to the hoop. There is a good illustration in the Gaff Rig Handbook starting with a girth hitch on the hoop using heavy cord and one in the Duckworks archives of using a fast eye brass clip lashed to the hoop. I don't plan to take the sail off very often so I don't need a removable solution, unless it is the best method. I'm looking for suggestions and I appreciate any feedback. As usual effectiveness is most important, but so is aesthetics. On another note, I made about 12 hoops, but some suggest you only need to use about 5 or 6 to do the job. They'll be hard to add later, so I'd like to get it right the first time.
Thanks for all of your help!
Stu

Thanks to the good folks at Hensnest, a site for owners of Hens- Peep and otherwise- I may have found an answer to my question. It may have been obvious to old salts but to a boy still before the mast, I appreciated their feedback. They suggested using a sail shackle from Sailrite. I ordered some,lashed one to my Sched 40 plastic mast hoop with some #7 waxed poly cord and used a sail protector with a 3/4" cutout to eliminate any restrictions. I'll post a couple of photos for comments- pro or con. I'll finish the ends of the cord when I go into "production"!