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Reefing Habits and Experience
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:27 pm
by Editors
Do you reef often? Do you have a reefing system in place and ready to employ (jiffy, single line, roller reefing, etc.) Feel free to elaborate with details by posting below.—Eds
Re: Reefing Habits and Experience
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:43 pm
by wdscobie
on SWEET PEA, my M17, i have a double-reef-point main. basic system:
*luff main (as i single-hand most of the time i'll just hove-to)
*loose main halyard and drop main to reef point tack
*lift boom end to reef point and pull single line to snub-down reef point clew.
*snub down tack
*tie off cringles
*haul up the main halyard
*come out hove-to
the above took longer to type than to do on the boat.
Re: Reefing Habits and Experience
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:21 pm
by Michel
I also have the basic reefing system on Mari-Bell, my Sandpiper 565.
I have double reefs possibility but I used the second reef only a few times in six years. It was really blowing on these few occasions.
I simply hove-to and it takes a few minutes to do the task.
Re: Reefing Habits and Experience
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:45 am
by Tim
On the Ariel and Potter 19 I have a two point jiffy reef set up, which has been used on the SF Bay, Monterey Bay and Salish Sea.
The CD Typhoon has roller boom reefing which I have yet to use, but will probably switch it out for jiffy.
Re: Reefing Habits and Experience
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:14 am
by frank!
single speed bikes were for poor kids!
i fondly remember the joy of cruising a 10 speeder ....
ya gotta be able to switch gears! and not just going up with gennies and spinnakers (and topsails), but down.....
i find the need of a really good blade jib and, in a small boat, the ability to take in half to 2/3 of the mainsail.
double the windspeed 12kts to 20+ quadruples the power! - hence 1/4 sail area of a nice day needed.
{conversely @ 6kt breeze, a spinnaker 4x could be carried ....
}
stay warm,
frank