[Public-List] Reefing line question

[Gordon Laco]

Hello Glenn - I just read your email again - I want to make sure I am not
offering an irrelevant opinion...

'Reef points' normally refer to the cringles (grommets) worked into the body
of the sail along a line between the reefed clew and tack - the new corners
of the reefed sail.

The reefing lines pull the new clew and the new tack down to the boom, and
it is the issue of combining these two lines I refer to below.

The points, the short lines that run through the cringles across the line of
the new foot of the sail, do not need any hardware on the boom - in fact it
is of vital importance that they take no load at all when they are tied in.
their only job is to hold the loose bunt of the reefed sail up on the boom
so that it doesn't look messy and collect water (it will do the later
anyway).  There is really no way to run a single line through the points in
such a manner that they do not start pulling on the mainsail.  If this
happens, the sail will very likely be torn.  In the least case, they would
prevent the new foot of the sail from being pulled taut enough that you end
up with a flat sail - and that is what you want if you feel the need to
reef.

Did I get you right in the first instance?

Gord
#426 Surprise


On 01/06/12 12:12 PM, "Glennb" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote:

> 
> has anyone tried running a single jiffy  reefing line that takes in the clew
> then runs forward through turning blocks to the tack  cringle of the mainsail
> at the gooseneck, then down to the deck and aft to the cockpit?
> 
> I saw this set up on a smallish mast display at a local marine store the other
> day. perhaps it was for dingy sailing.    it looks like it would eliminate
> three sets of tack lines and cleats, which is cool, as I have three reef
> points in the main.  BUt, I wonder if the universal line idea will work with
> our longish 14' booms and large sail area.
> 
> don't want to drill and mount extra hardware only to find each reef point
> really needs it's own downhaul.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Glenn P
> dolce 318
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On May 24, 2012, at 4:51 AM, Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Use the tension on US17, that boat was perfectly tensioned by the son of the
>> owner who was a rigging expert and an accomplished skipper of an Alberg. The
>> values are in pounds.
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Glennb
>> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:46 AM
>> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Standing rigging tension figures
>> 
>> Hello all stations,
>> 
>> So what is the optimum design load for rig tension?  I just looked at the rig
>> table and was struck at the wide variability in tension, 200 to 1200 pounds (
>> I assume PSI, but don't really know as the table had no definition of the
>> numbers that I noticed).  I am sure not going to stretch the rig to resemble
>> a rubber band, but there must be some recommended load ( for cruising the
>> ocean blue)
>> 
>> Thanks' mates!
>> Glenn P
>> Dolce  of Everett, 318
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On May 23, 2012, at 9:25 AM, "Meinhold, Michael J."
>> <MICHAEL.J.MEINHOLD at saic.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> http://www.alberg30.org/maintenance/SparsSailsRigging/tensions.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org
>>> [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Gordon Laco
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:23 PM
>>> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
>>> Subject: [Public-List] Standing rigging tension figures
>>> 
>>> Hello gang -
>>> 
>>> I must be blind, but I cannot find the rig tension table on the A30
>>> site - can anyone direct me to where it is?
>>> 
>>> Standing by -
>>> 
>>> Gord #426 Surprise
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