George and Norm,
Maybe tale a look at this setup for your jib sheets. I think this is the same thing tod has referred to.
http://www.esandberg.photosite.com/Quick-tachjibsheets/
Rik
George Burmeyer wrote:
Norm,
Sounds like your M15 is set up like mine. On my boat, the inside block and fairlead are for the jib downhaul, leading back to a jam/clam cleat on the coaming. The outside one is for the jib reefing line which attaches to the luff cringle in the jib. Unless you have some method of quickly releasing your sheets and reattaching them to the reefed clew, it is a something of a pain. If, like me, you use a single line for your jib sheet, it's more of a truly heroic royal pain...although on the 15 I can have this pain while standing safely in the cabin. There is undoubtedly a simple, elegant solution which will become obvious once someone points it out.
If you do get out on SF Bay, you might find me anchored in McCovey Cove fishing for home run balls and enjoying the general looniness some nice afternoon when the Giants are home. I have a strange compulsion to sail to a baseball game this summer :)
See ya on the Bay
George M15 #385 Santa Rosa, CA
On 5/5/05 7:14 PM, "Norm Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks Rik,
I just got my M15 and the jib has a reef point in it. There are two sets of fairleads and two blocks forward which lead back to two clam cleats on the port cockpit coaming. These appear to be for both a jib downhaul and the jib reef tack. The downhaul makes good sense to me, I've installed them on other boats but as I said, I just don't get the idea of the reefing line.
Perhaps that second fairlead is for something else but if it is I'm missing the point.
Norm
-----Original Message----- From: Rik Sandberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 14:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: RE: M_Boats: Second Reef
Norm,
You must be misreading this part
" Then I'll use the jib downhaul, and maybe put the second reef in."
He means: I'll use the jib downhaul (to get the jib down completely), and maybe put the second reef in (the main).
You can have reef points installed in a jib, but it isn't very common. Yes, you would have to redo the sheets and tie in the reef points. Reef points in a jib, won't keep you off the fore deck
Rik
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