[Public-list] Reefing lines

[John Birch]

Attach a jack line to the slides long enough to preclude the problem. If you 
don't know what I mean - take it to a sailmaker - it shouldn't cost much. We 
have it on our boat.

Hope this is a help.

Cheers,
John
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Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Reefing lines


>
> In a message dated 10/8/2005 5:59:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> eddiediver at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
>
> What  I can't figure out is what to do with the 2 or 3 lower sail slides 
> on
> the mast  track. Now, we have two sets of heavy-duty reef rings, one each 
> even
> with the  rows of reef nettle lines on the sail. We lower the main to one 
> of
> the reef  tack rings, pass the ring over the hook on the gooseneck and 
> then
> tighten the  main halyard. To allow the sail slides to lower on the mast, 
> we now
> need to go  forward to pull out the sail slide holder pin in the mast 
> track.
> The pin is  about 2 feet above the gooseneck to allow the putting on and 
> taking
> off of the  sail. If we did not have the holder pin there, the mainsail
> slides would drop  out of the track every time we normally lowered the 
> mainsail.
>
> What have  others done? Ed. Schroeder
>
>
>
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> One solution to this problem is a jackline. This allows the sail to pull
> away from the mast and slides on the track, but still be attached to them.
>
> A gromet is placed on the sail just above the luff cringle of the highest
> reef, either 2nd, or third, depending on what you have. A line is attached 
> to
> this grommet, and this line will pass through fairleads attached to each 
> sail
> slide below that point.
>
> An additional grommet is put into the sail a few inches below the existing
> grommet for the luff track slides. Fairleads are seized to the now pairs 
> of
> grommets at each sail slide site.
>
> The jackline is reeved through all the fairleads at each sail slide site.
> The jackline goes through the top fairlead on the sail, then through the
> fairlead on the track slide, then through the bottom fairlead at each 
> slide  site,
> and so on until the line reaches the tack of the sail. It is made fast 
> there,
> either to the tack shackle, or some other convenient spot there.
>
> Hoist the sail and make the luff up to the tension you want for the 
> current
> wind strength. Then, make the lower end of the jackline fast, pulling the 
> sail
> to the mast at each track slide.
>
> When you lower the sail to reef, the jackline relaxes, and allows the sail
> to pull away from the mast, without having to let the slides off the 
> track.
>
> For the second or third reef, you may have to release the jackline from 
> the
> knot at the tack to give the higher slides more room to pull away from the
> mast.  Even though this means a crew has to go forward, it is still a much 
> more
> controled procedure than releasing the slides from the track.
>
> If this description was incomprehensible, as it may well be, look in a
> sailmaking text for a diagram of this very useful device.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Lee
>
> Stargazer #255
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