I have always found that tough to do as well, the initial tightening of the reefine.
And sometimes, I still forget this, but once I just let the main sheet free, I let the boom go where it wants, I can just tighten up. The boom always ends up higher than you're used to, so I think there's a tendency to have it down too low and try and tighten the main clew where it cannot go. I don't tie it around the boom, though I have a padeye on the top of the boom where the reeefine dead ends. My boat sails & looks better with the number one reef oddly enough. And it is blowing cats off of roofs here as well. Sitting at the dock with the boat laying at 10° Bill Coleman Entrada Erie PA On Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 18:55 David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > We raced today in a real blow and I was reminded to ask how others rig > their reefing lines. I have a single reef point in my main and outhaul and > reefing line both exit the pulleys on the end of the boom. When I want to > reef, I have generally run the reefing line up to the cringe, down and > around the boom and tied it to the boom. I have found it to be really > difficult to pull the new clew down and back to flatten the sail in both > directions. It seems like it should work, but I am not sure if there is a > better way. How do others rig for reefing? Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > >
