Posted by William A. Cormack (wacormack@…>)
Yesterday on Buzzards Bay it was blowing in the twenty’s so, for the first time, we took a reef in the main. While doing so the reef lines at the end of the boom became a hazard as the boom moved back and forth. Has anyone used shock cord to pull these forward so they won’t fly free or found some other solution?
I know now that I should have had the sheet tightened to limit the swing but in contemplating that I realize that it will increase the tension on the lazy jacks when the main comes up hard against the sheet.
Bill
Sailing 1987 F-36 “Hard Earned” out of
New Bedford Yacht Club, Padanaram, MA
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Posted by macks011 (macks04@…>)
As you ease the halyard to the preset reef position, simultaneously
pull in the slack on the reef line.
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “William A. Cormack”
<wacormack@w…> wrote:
Yesterday on Buzzards Bay it was blowing in the twenty’s so, for
the first time, we took a reef in the main. While doing so the reef
lines at the end of the boom became a hazard as the boom moved back
and forth. Has anyone used shock cord to pull these forward so they
won’t fly free or found some other solution?
I know now that I should have had the sheet tightened to limit the
swing but in contemplating that I realize that it will increase the
tension on the lazy jacks when the main comes up hard against the
sheet.
Bill
Sailing 1987 F-36 “Hard Earned” out of
New Bedford Yacht Club, Padanaram, MA
William A. Cormack, CPA
Principal and Chief Financial Officer
Whelan Associates, LLC, a Corporate Real Estate Service firm
Bourne Counting House at One Merrill’s Wharf
New Bedford, MA 02740
Voice: 508-984-4100, Fax: 508-984-4101, Cell 508-254-5828
MailTo:wacormack@w…
Posted by Kevin Ogden (kcogden@…>)
Try taking in nthe reefe while still sailing close hauled on the jib alone. Simply ease off the main sheet till the tmain flogs, (this puts the boom well outboard of the lifelines) then ease the main halyard to the premarked point as you take in the reef line(s). Then simply haul in the main sheet and you’re off again. No muss, no fuss, no engine. Can do same thing in reverse when rehoisting the main.
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From: macks011
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Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:24 PM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Re: Hangmans noose (AKA reef lines)
As you ease the halyard to the preset reef position, simultaneously pull in the slack on the reef line.— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “William A. Cormack” <wacormack@w…> wrote:> Yesterday on Buzzards Bay it was blowing in the twenty’s so, for the first time, we took a reef in the main. While doing so the reef lines at the end of the boom became a hazard as the boom moved back and forth. Has anyone used shock cord to pull these forward so they won’t fly free or found some other solution? > > I know now that I should have had the sheet tightened to limit the swing but in contemplating that I realize that it will increase the tension on the lazy jacks when the main comes up hard against the sheet.> > Bill> Sailing 1987 F-36 “Hard Earned” out of> New Bedford Yacht Club, Padanaram, MA> _________________________________________________> William A. Cormack, CPA> Principal and Chief Financial Officer> Whelan Associates, LLC, a Corporate Real Estate Service firm> Bourne Counting House at One Merrill’s Wharf> New Bedford, MA 02740> Voice: 508-984-4100, Fax: 508-984-4101, Cell 508-254-5828> MailTo:wacormack@w…