My sailmakers opinion is that pulling the sail down is counter intuitive to getting more power aloft. That being said I have a 4:1 block and tackel coumpounded to a 2:1 for an equivalent 8:1. I can unhook the block and reattach it to the "dog bones at either of the reef points and have a 4:1 if I didn't have time to hook the opposite ring or 8:1 if I did manage to hook it. 8:1 is over kill but it is pretty cool to be able to almost completely raise and adjust a main with a 47' luff without having to use a winch.
The halyard and Cunningham are run to the cockpit jammers and winches. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Jan 25, 2015 6:32 PM, "David Paine via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm buying a new mainsail and I am going to ask a ridiculous-sounding > question. Do you have a Cunningham grommet in your mainsail? I do not > in my current sail but that is because Hood made the sail with a jack line > (or lace line) which serves the purpose. My new sail definitely won't have > a jack-line. Some adjust luff tension with the halyard, others use a > separate Cunningham grommet with a many part tackle (or lead the Cunningham > line to a winch) to set the luff tension. My sailmaker has an opinion but > my question is, which do you use? The Cunningham is useless when reefed, > of course. > > Cheers, > > David > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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