Dec 28, 2024 · For reefing, I have permanently installed main clew and tack reefing lines, then add ties through the grommets at my leisure. A roller furling jib can interfere with mast raising …

Oct 2, 2024 · -1st and 2nd reefing lines are run from the gooseneck to a turning block at foot of mast through clutches on starboard cabin top using the right hand (outboard) winch. There is …

May 29, 2003 · Slab reefing is a variant of the traditional reefing that has been used for centuries. The innovation with slab reefing is that all of the loads are taken a tack reef cringle and at a …

Jan 10, 2014 · I want to rig my main with single-line reefing for the first two reefing points. My original thought was to put blocks on the sail at the reefing cringles. I wasn't to keen on the …

Mar 29, 2004 · Reefing before the sails load up beyond their intended wind range is an important part of good seamanship. Simply put, reefing is the art and practice of reducing sail area. …

Sep 11, 2007 · The reefing line coming up out of the boom goes through the reefing clew only and then down to the boom. If you lead it in the spiral, as shown in the second image, you won't be …

Oct 12, 2022 · I would suggest that it morphed into more a complaint fest on Selden and the complex manner that Selden chose to engineer their latest version of single-line reefing and …

Jun 28, 2024 · Both reefing lines were led from the tack, through the boom to the reefing clew, back through the boom to the gooseneck, down along the mast, and then back to the cockpit …

Jun 18, 2012 · The race boat however, well it's reefing system involves having two main sails and putting up the right one to start with. Alternatively we have a double line system.

Jun 21, 2013 · Bought my boat with a single line reefing setup and often needed to venture to the mast to untangle the reefing line. Cut the blocks off the main sail luff and installed two line …