Are the "dog bones" referred to metal loops connected by a strap that are "threaded" through a cringle on the luff of the main?
I have not heard that term used before. Charlie Nelson Water Phantom 36 XL/kcb Sent from my iPad > On Feb 6, 2014, at 7:01 PM, "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Dwight; > > I get that you use a reef tack cringle like a Cunningham to tension the luff > of the sail. My main has “dog bones” for both the 1st and 2nd reef that go > over reef hooks on the gooseneck. > > What do you do about the outhaul for the reef cringle on the leach of the > sail? And don’t you need to put reef lines through cringles in the sail and > tied around the boom to gather up and control the foot of the sail? Seems the > sail would be pretty baggy with the foot loose to billow out, when the point > in reefing is to keep the sail tight and flat. > > Rick Brass > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 8:28 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to > > I don’t and I do it alone from the cockpit…drop the main off with the main > sheet, let it flog, lower the halyard to predetermined spot, tension the high > Cunningham on the mast to get the new tack in place, tension the main > halyard, tension the main sheet…it’s a little noisy with sail flap but isn’t > it always that way when you need to reef the main? > > Dwight > C&C 35 MKII, Alianna > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan > Plavsa > Sent: February 6, 2014 9:17 AM > To: w...@wbryant.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to > > Don't you guys heave to when you need to reef the main? > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > I'm on the wrong boat. > > > Jim Watts wrote: > No, you just need somebody to make French Toast. Gale? What gale? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOL8C4FPdc > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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