Easy solution. Have the sailmaker stitch a couple of stainless steel rings either end of a strop of webbing that goes through the reef cringle. Put one of the rings over the horn when reefing
-- Jonathan Indigo - 35-III On Nov 17, 2012, at 17:51, Eric Frank <efran...@mac.com> wrote: > When I was having measurements taken for a new mainsail, the sailmaker > commented that the sail track on my 1972 CC 35 mk2 begins nearly a foot above > the boom. The sail track is obviously cast into the aluminum mast, but has > been machined away so it begins well above the boom. I had always assumed > that was normal, but the sailmaker commented that it made it more difficult > to set a reef. The cringle for the reef point at the tack does not go low > enough to go over the hook at the forward end of the boom, so I always need > to use a short length of line to make this connection. If the sail track > were lower, the slides on the sail would be lower so this connection could be > made without the line. The other nuisance of having all the track slides so > high is that it is hard to reach all the way to the head of the sail to > attach and detach the main halyard, and to pull the sail cover over the head > of the sail. > > Is it standard on CC's of this vintage to have the sail track start so high? > Would it be OK just to leave the bottom 2 or 3 sail slides not in the track, > so the furled sail would be lower and the reef point could be connected > directly to the cunningham hook (is that the name of it?). Or should I look > into the possibility of having a short length of sail track machined and bolt > it into the flat of the mast between the boom and the bottom of the existing > track, leaving just enough room to feed the sail slides into the track when > bending on the mainsail? > > Suggestions welcome. > > Eric Frank > Cat's Paw > C&C 35 Mk II > Mattapoisett, MA > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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