Ok. You hadn't mentioned the outhaul in earlier posts (including an discussion some time ago about reefing from the cockpit vs. going to the cabin top), so I wondered what you did about the reef outhaul.
Your setup sounds pretty conventional. On both my boats, the reef lines for the leach (I have both 1st and 2nd rigged on both boats) go to a winch mounted on the STBD side of the boom about 18" aft of the gooseneck. I actually prefer reefing from the cabin top - guess it's just what I'm used to. In Pamlico Sound and the Neuse, it can get pretty bouncy when the wind kicks up because the water is relatively shallow. Thin 4 foot waves spaced 12 feet apart. Two or three times a year I end up motor sailing with the main double reefed; it puts a bit of heel on the boat and the wind pressure makes the ride smoother. I make it a practice of tying reef lines around the boom to control the foot of the reefed main. Otherwise the draft of the sail becomes excessive. Rick Brass Imzadi -1976 C&C 38 mk1 la Belle Aurore -1975 C&C 25 mk1 Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:25 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to Rick My sail has dog bones too.I run a high Cunningham, I put a figure 8 stooper knot in the line and run it up through a padeye on the port side of the mast below and forward of the boom, then up through the first reef cringle (dog bones still installed) and down to and through another padeye similarly installed on the starboard side of the mast to a block at the base of the mast to turning blocks on deck and then to a Lemar clutch on the coach house that I can tension from the cockpit with or without winch assistance, depends if I need the winch to get proper tension..I have not set up the second reef.If I needed that much main reef I would get rid of the main altogether and go headsail alone. I removed the hooks at the gooseneck, because I do not need them with this setup and the did get in the way sometimes. The outhaul for the first reef is fasten starboard side of boom and aft of first cringle when reefed, from there up through cringle and down to turning block on port side of boom and from there inside boom to gooseneck and down to turning block at base of mast, aft through deck organizer to similar Lewmar clutch on coach house which I can tension with the same winch. Both lines are led aft on starboard side of deck and my main halyard is on that side too, so all 3 needed control lines are on starboard side coach house and can be with the same winch, one after the other. I have a backup winch that I can use if the primary breaks. I have 4 winches on the coach house, 2 on each side. Maybe hard to visualize and I don't really have a good photo, but believe me this setup works like a charm for the first reef. I have autopilot but if I reef going to weather I have found that the boat will hold the course on her own while I reef.if she didn't I would engage the autopilot. Dwight C&C 35 MKII, Alianna _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick Brass Sent: February 6, 2014 8:02 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to 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
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