Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to - now reefing

[sam . c . salter]

And because they are not supposed to carry any load, the grommets for the nettles are placed about 3" to 4" below a line drawn between tack cringle and clew cringle. ‎That way they just neaten up the flapping, lower piece of sail that's just been reefed. That's why there is only 1 or 2 thicknesses of Dacron to strengthen that area where the reefing grommets are.  sam :-) From: dwight Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 7:16 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Reply To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to - now reefing Absolutely correct Marek   From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Marek Dziedzic Sent: February 7, 2014 10:02 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to - now reefing   From what I know, the reef lines (going through cringles in the middle of the sail) are not supposed to carry any load. They are there only to prevent the reefed part of the sail from catching the wind and flying around. Only the tack (reefing hook/Cunningham) and the clew (outhaul plus lashing to the boom) are supposed to carry any loads. These little reef lines can be done “later” if needed.   Marek   ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:01:30 -0500 From: "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to Message-ID: <030e01cf2397$c1cee7b0$456cb710$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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

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