[Public-List] Reefing line question

Gordon Laco mainstay at csolve.net
Sat Jun 2 04:18:27 PDT 2012


Good morning friends

It was getting tension across the foot that I thought was difficult.  

I'd be interested in reading how your single line reefing works. 

Cheers. Gord #426

On 2012-06-02, at 2:08 AM, Glennb <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote:

> Thanks Michael,  Be interesting to hear Dave's comments.  Iam real interested to know if the one line method is harder to pull down the tack than two lines, or if one end of the sail is not as well controlled as the other, etc.  Gordon reported a different experience, in not being able to tighten the tack sufficiently inhis folkboat, so went back to separate clew and tack lones.  it is intriguing to consider doing away with the extra downhauls.
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> I like your comments about going with oversize line etc, and will probably go with 1/2" line for ease of grasping during a blow.  I hate line to small to hold on to, particularly when one really needs to make something happen in the middle of the night.
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> Iam getting ready to head down to San Francisco in 10 days to check in for the single handed transpac end of June so hope to figure it out before I leave Puget Sound.  Time is short and too many projects to finish!! Might be one of those things I experiment with enroute.
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> cheers, and thanks again!
> 
> Glenn
> Dolce 318   
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> On Jun 1, 2012, at 11:30 AM, crufone at comcast.net wrote:
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>> Glenn, 
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>> David Terrell, #432 has single line mainsail reefing on his boat. Perhaps he might chime in and comment. When I have sailed with him the system seems to work well. David has his entire boat set up for single-handing. I believe that David thought the single line system would work more efficiently than a double line system, especially sailing short handed. 
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>> One aspect which I have observed is that the more one uses the reefing system, whichever type is installed, the better one becomes at deploying it whether it be single or double line. In other words if you have learned very well which part of the line to trim when and when and where to provide slack the entire process goes much better. 
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>> Some other things I noticed about David's set-up. He didn't install the reefing system as an afterthought and use some old used blocks and line that were laying around in his box of spare parts. 
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>> Select low friction free-wheeling blocks and use a line size and blocks at least one size larger that you think you might need. This makes reefing and line handling much, much easier. 
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>> Others have mentioned this before .......................but the time to reef is when you first get that itty-bitty nagging notion way back in the crevices of your brain that hummmmm perhaps it is time to start thinking about reefing the main. After the Gale strikes you any type of system is a nightmare and dangerous to deploy. 
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>> Michael #133 
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>> From: "Glennb" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> 
>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 
>> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:12:39 PM 
>> Subject: [Public-List] Reefing line question 
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>> 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?   
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>> 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.   
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>> don't want
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