Pretty much the same setup on Paws. The only difference is we run the tack line (Cunningham) from the mast base up through the cringle and then back to the mast base where it is tied off. Eliminates the figure eight knot but does create a chafe point. Never thought of eight knot - interesting idea. Will try it. We also removed the bones as they do get in the way. Does it tend to pull the sail to one side?
John Sent from my iPad > On Feb 6, 2014, at 7:25 PM, "dwight" <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Rick > > My sail has dog bones too…I run a high Cunningham, I put a figure 8 stooper > knot in the line and run it up through a padeye on the port side of the mast > below and forward of the boom, then up through the first reef cringle (dog > bones still installed) and down to and through another padeye similarly > installed on the starboard side of the mast to a block at the base of the > mast to turning blocks on deck and then to a Lemar clutch on the coach house > that I can tension from the cockpit with or without winch assistance, depends > if I need the winch to get proper tension..I have not set up the second > reef…If I needed that much main reef I would get rid of the main altogether > and go headsail alone. I removed the hooks at the gooseneck, because I do > not need them with this setup and the did get in the way sometimes. > > The outhaul for the first reef is fasten starboard side of boom and aft of > first cringle when reefed, from there up through cringle and down to turning > block on port side of boom and from there inside boom to gooseneck and down > to turning block at base of mast, aft through deck organizer to similar > Lewmar clutch on coach house which I can tension with the same winch. Both > lines are led aft on starboard side of deck and my main halyard is on that > side too, so all 3 needed control lines are on starboard side coach house and > can be with the same winch, one after the other. I have a backup winch that > I can use if the primary breaks. I have 4 winches on the coach house, 2 on > each side. > > Maybe hard to visualize and I don’t really have a good photo, but believe me > this setup works like a charm for the first reef. I have autopilot but if I > reef going to weather I have found that the boat will hold the course on her > own while I reef…if she didn’t I would engage the autopilot. > > Dwight > C&C 35 MKII, Alianna > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick Brass > Sent: February 6, 2014 8:02 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to > > Dwight; > > I get that you use a reef tack cringle like a Cunningham to tension the luff > of the sail. My main has “dog bones” for both the 1st and 2nd reef that go > over reef hooks on the gooseneck. > > What do you do about the outhaul for the reef cringle on the leach of the > sail? And don’t you need to put reef lines through cringles in the sail and > tied around the boom to gather up and control the foot of the sail? Seems the > sail would be pretty baggy with the foot loose to billow out, when the point > in reefing is to keep the sail tight and flat. > > Rick Brass > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 8:28 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to > > I don’t and I do it alone from the cockpit…drop the main off with the main > sheet, let it flog, lower the halyard to predetermined spot, tension the high > Cunningham on the mast to get the new tack in place, tension the main > halyard, tension the main sheet…it’s a little noisy with sail flap but isn’t > it always that way when you need to reef the main? > > Dwight > C&C 35 MKII, Alianna > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan > Plavsa > Sent: February 6, 2014 9:17 AM > To: w...@wbryant.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to > > Don't you guys heave to when you need to reef the main? > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > I'm on the wrong boat. > > > Jim Watts wrote: > No, you just need somebody to make French Toast. Gale? What gale? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOL8C4FPdc > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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