I'm on the same page as Fred. I just reeve the second and third reefs. Our boats are so easily-driven we don't lose much by going straight to two reefs, if we're not racing.
Andy Andrew Burton 139 Tuckerman Ave Middeltown, RI USA 02842 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260 On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 2:37 PM Frederick G Street via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I may be a bit lazy, as I’m a cruiser and not a racer; or maybe it’s just > the way the reef points are set up on my main. But I don’t even reeve the > first main any more. If things pick up, I go straight to the second reef. > Less fiddling, and I’ve never missed the sail area between the first and > second reef. The headsail tends to be the primary driver on our boats, > anyway. > > — Fred > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > > On Jun 18, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Until it is really blowing, I always prefer to have both (preferably > small) sails up. This provides for better balance and gives me more options > for adjusting the sails. This is particularly helpful when going upwind, > because the two sails work together. If I were in your place, I would try > to take the second reef on the main and let some of the jib out. The furled > jib has an advantage that you can reduce it or unfurl a bit, as the > situation warrants. > > If reefing the main was not the option (as you mentioned), I would do what > Andrew suggested – I would drop the main and use the jib alone. Different > boats behave differently in that situation (you may have problems tacking > and you may have quite a bit of a lee helm), but again, your furled sail > can be easily adjusted up or down, as the situation changes. > > To be completely honest, I would have dropped to the second reef at 20 kt. > and adjust the jib (more initially, less eventually). I always subscribe to > the idea to “do what is necessary, before it is necessary”. Additionally, > at high wind, I prefer a smaller main – or you get way too much weather > helm. > > Marek > 1994 C270 Legato > Ottawa, ON > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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