One piece of free advice - never use white sail ties to reef. They are easy to overlook when shaking out a reef. FWIW. (Need to but some blue ones now)
Joel On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:49 AM, dwight <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agree with the Lee > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Lee > Youngblood > Sent: February 6, 2014 11:54 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Reeflines "make it look pretty" > > Reeflines are a clever sail-makers trick. You'll > want those - it's traditional right? > > If you tie them around the boom, you are sure to > rip them out of the sail and split your main! > Buy another main, and ask for a loose footed > main. if you have to tie them, only loosely tie > them around the sail - NOT THE BOOM! > > Sorry, my sailmaker friends my not like this post, but they know me. . . > > 2 cents, Lee > > > > >John; > > > >On my 38, the distance from the tack cringle to > >the outhaul cringle of the first reef is about > >11 1Ž2 feet. My first reef is somewhere between > >4 and 5 feet above the loose foot of the sail, > >and amounts to just under 25% of the area of the > >main. So there is a lot of canvas that can belly > >out in the wind and add to the draft of the > >sail. > > > >If its blowing hard enough for me to reef the > >main - say something around 18-20 knots true - I > >want to get the sail as flat as possible. So > >I've never considered the reef lines tied around > >the boom to be a cosmetic thing. > > > >Rick Brass > > > >From: CnC-List > >[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf > >Of j...@svpaws.net > >Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:20 PM > >To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > >Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to > > > ><reef lines tied around the boom> > > > >I've never done that and consider it more a > >"make it look pretty" thing. You're only > >talking about a few feet of sail controlled by > >the original outhaul and the new outhaul at the > >reef point. It's pretty well sandwiched in > >there. Same for the second reef although that > >does get a bit sloppy. > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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