Yes, my mainsail has a cringle for the Cunningham. A sailmaker can easily add one to your sail for less than $75. They have to build up and re-enforce the area and add a SS cringle.
I have a SS hook on the end of a purchase that is terminated to the mast collar. The 1/4" tail runs aft through a clutch and I can usually trim it without the winch. The Jack-line I've read about, is used when reefing to allow one or two slides to stay in the track, but allow the sail luff to fold down properly below the boom. I never rigged one, but came close. Instead I omit the lowest slide. When you order your sail, you'll want a cunningham cringle, one or two reef points, draft stripes, leach line easily adjustable from where you reach it. Ours is adjusted from the luff, so it can be eased when the boom end is swung out out and the leech and clew is out of reach. I crewed on 55 footer and the boom was very high and the leech line cleat was on the leech above the clew. We had a terrible leech flutter one day and we couldn't reach the line when we needed to, unless we used the boathook, and that proved so difficult we gave up. We later furled the sail into mast enough to reach the leech line cleat from the cabintop, adjust and reset the sail. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Paine via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 6:32:43 PM Subject: Stus-List Cunningham 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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