Hi Lorne,
First of all, we have no clue why you are calling
your mains'l clew a clue. Ha ha, that was just fun.
Seriously, the first reef is similar to the
Potter except a bowline around the boom below
where the cringle lands is good. It's less hardware (a padeye) that might fail.
The second reef is similar to the first, the line
typically goes from the bowline tied around the
boom below where the cringle lands, through the
sail and back down to a turning block (often a
foot block but could also be a block mounted on a
track for "set & forget" adjustment") instead of
the boom end sheave and forward to the clutch.
This block is positioned aft enough to give a 45
degree angled pull in set condition.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 04:30 PM 08/07/2016, you wrote:
The reefing line is run from the end of the boom
to the clutch. However, it is not attached
to the sail clue. I have a second reef eye in
the sail, but no reefing line in the boom and
an empty 2nd reefing line clutch.
Where and how should the 1st reefing line
attach? On my 15' Potter, it went from the
boom, through the sail clue and back to a
fixed spot on the boom.  This gave a 2:1
purchase I think. Should the C&C be the same
way? Or, does it simply attach to the reef clue with a shackel or similar?
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