| I have three reef points on my main, and I want to set things up to make it easier to reef when the weather turns nasty (a fairly frequent occurrence here). I have two reefing lines led to the cockpit from the leech so that part is easy to do with the autopilot on. I am thinking to set things up so that I don’t have to leave the cockpit any more often than necessary and so the luff is the trickier one. What I played with last summer was attaching the Cunningham to the reefing ring on the sail with a block on a snap shackle. It acted as a Cunningham normally, but when I needed to reef, I could just pull down the Cunningham instead of hooking the ring on the boom horns. This would mimic a double line reefing system without having to rig an extra line. If I needed a second reef, I could move the snap shackle/blockt to the next reefing ring quickly. Anyone see a reason for not doing this? I can’t see that the cunningham and reef line can’t be dual purpose. My concern is whether you can get enough tension on the Cunniingham to get the luff tight when you crank on the halyard without putting too much force on the blocks that the Cunningham runs through on the deck. Dave David Knecht Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT |
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