Hi Gary, Your set up for reefing must be an upgrade from what I take to be the standard M15 reefing arrangement which leaves the bitter end of the reefing line clam cleated on the boom. That's the arrangement I have, anyhow. But that leaves me with unfastening the tack of the main and re-inserting it into the reefing gromment after I've pulled everything down. Not fun in a blow. I've been considering trying to fit a small reefing hook up there to make this easier, but it sounds like your way of doing it doesn't require messing with the tack of the main or with a hook at the gooseneck. Is that right?
Also I was wondering: was there any particular reason you chose to put your forward cheek block on the mast instead of on the boom near the gooseneck? Fair winds... George Burmeyer M15 #385 On 4/29/04 11:17 AM, "Gary M. Hyde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fellow reefers: > I use single-line jiffy reefing on the M15 main. A 3/16" Stayset� line > runs from an anchor point on the port side of the boom, up through the > reefing grommet near the rear of the sail, down to a cheek block on the > starboard side of the boom, forward to a cheek block on the starboard > side of the mast at boom height, up through the reefing grommet at the > front of the sail, down through a fair-lead on the port side of the > mast at boom height, down further to a turning block at the base of the > mast and finally to a cam cleat. > > The reefing procedure is to ease the main sheet a little, go forward to > the mast to uncleat the main halyard, lower the halyard while hauling > in on the reef line, continuing until the main is fully reefed, then > re-tension and cleat the main halyard. The whole process can be done in > less than a minute while the tiller tamer� steers the boat. To unreef, > ease the main sheet, release the reef line, and haul the sail up with > the halyard; again can be done quickly. > --Gary Hyde > M15 #235 'Vanilla' > N24 'Sailabration' > > > On Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 05:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
