Could very well be a flattener. My San Juan 24 had one; made sense since the mainsail was very high aspect and many owners would use 170% genoas since the swept back spreaders interfered with the leech of a 150. You could actually sheet tighter with a 170!!!I noted that many C&C 30 owners, including my PO, used 160s and 170s as well. The old rules were to keep the power up front, so they'd first put in a flattener, then first reef and then change jibs. Tacking with the reefed main and 150 in heavier airs was a bear.I often wonder if that still isn't the fastest way to sail our old boats.The newer idea of changing jibs first makes sense with the larger mains (lower aspect) that they use today for many boats like the Js.RonWild CheriC&C 30STL
--- On Tue, 1/1/13, Russ & Melody <russ...@telus.net> wrote: From: Russ & Melody <russ...@telus.net> Subject: Re: Stus-List Outhaul To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 5:08 PM Hi Joel, I bet that second line was for a "flattening reef", popular in the late 80s. An improvement after North Sail's zipper footed main didn't work out for very long (or was the zipper foot after.. I can't remember now). A zipper foot? Really, I still have an old North mainsail no longer in use with a zipper along the length of the foot and used to flatten the main. Anyhow, the cunnigham comes on first. Next, when more draught needs to come out of the main, the cunnigham tack & flattening reef cringles come down to the boom (with the required halyard adjustment).. Then we're on to regular reefing. Speed wise these days, with the improvement of mainsail design and materials, we go from full on cunnigham to first reef. Cheers, Russ Sweet 35-1
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