Reeflines are a clever sail-makers trick. You'll
want those - it's traditional right?
If you tie them around the boom, you are sure to
rip them out of the sail and split your main!
Buy another main, and ask for a loose footed
main. if you have to tie them, only loosely tie
them around the sail - NOT THE BOOM!
Sorry, my sailmaker friends my not like this post, but they know me. . .
2 cents, Lee
John;
On my 38, the distance from the tack cringle to
the outhaul cringle of the first reef is about
11 12 feet. My first reef is somewhere between
4 and 5 feet above the loose foot of the sail,
and amounts to just under 25% of the area of the
main. So there is a lot of canvas that can belly
out in the wind and add to the draft of the
sail.
If its blowing hard enough for me to reef the
main - say something around 18-20 knots true - I
want to get the sail as flat as possible. So
I've never considered the reef lines tied around
the boom to be a cosmetic thing.
Rick Brass
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<reef lines tied around the boom>
I've never done that and consider it more a
"make it look pretty" thing. You're only
talking about a few feet of sail controlled by
the original outhaul and the new outhaul at the
reef point. It's pretty well sandwiched in
there. Same for the second reef although that
does get a bit sloppy.
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