[Public-List] Reefing

[Dave Terrell]

Bill 

It sounds like you have a good plan. Happy sailing

David

>>> "Bill Ydell" <bydel at bellsouth.net> 11/09/08 11:02 AM >>>
David

Thanks for your input. I mostly sail with crew, but inexperienced crew.
(That includes the Captain)
I keep my boat in Charleston, SC and sail almost exclusively in the harbor
and the Cooper and Wando Rivers. I am never far from home but can get a
pretty good blow from the Atlantic. Unlike the Chesapeake, or eastern North
Carolina there is really nowhere to go unless you go up or down the ICW and
that most likely would not be under sail.

I want to keep this a simple as I can

Bill 

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Bill
 
I thought the pictures were very instructive, but the raise some questions
for me. For instance, do you normally sail with crew? Or do you single hand
a lot? My thought is that if your have crew normally, the reefing procedure
shown in the pictures would work well. If you single hand a lot, the process
shown might be more challenging. And so, you might consider a single line
reefing system. There several ways to get this job done, but the important
thing is to have a system that fits who you are and the way you sail. I have
a friend who normally sails with his wife and when they are together, they
follow the procedure shown in the pictures. When he sails alone he heaves to
and then follows the procedure shown - and it works for him. Heaving too
first makes a huge difference for him when he is alone. I sail alone mostly,
and so prefer a single line reefing system, but could to what my friend does
when he sails alone. I just prefer not to. It sounds like you are
comfortable wit
 h the reefing system shown in the pictures and that  is good. Nonetheless,
for the sake of balance, if nothing else, I thought it might be helpful to
ask these questions and suggest some other options.
 
David, 432

>>> "Bill Ydell" <bydel at bellsouth.net> 11/8/2008 9:27 PM >>>
Mike, Don and Gordon,
I have been out of town and have not had a chance to thank you for your
response to my reefing question. I appreciate your advise.

Mike I am currently using a D shackle at the tack, should I change to
something else that allows me to bolt the hook to the boom.
Gordon do you by chance remember the model# of the Ronstan cheek Block

Bill 

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