Posted by sitchmo (sylvanm@…>)
This sounds like a great idea that many of us could benefit from. I
am going to give it a try on my F35, Apsara.
One quick question – any worries about the blocks chafing the sails
around the cringles?
Thanks - Mac
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, svfantasy@… wrote:
Mike,
I’ve been thinking about doing the same thing on my Freedom 40 Cat-
Ketch
“Fantasy”. Thanks for doing the R&D, now I know it is worthwhile
proceeding. BTW, I used to live aboard in Antioch, I’m now in Glen
Cove
near the Carquinez Bridge. If you are ever in the area, stop on in.
This
is a great little marina. You can reach me at: svfantasy@…
Good sailing,
Jay Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: “mike cunningham”
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [freedomyachts2003] Reefing improvement confirmed -
now
need ideas on my bunk
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:52:17 -0700 (PDT)
Nick,
Yes, that’s the idea. Obtain a few high load blocks
and attach them to the leech cringles. I used a short
piece of rope with some pretty thorough whipping to
make sure the knot remains snug. Good quality webbing
would be better but I didn’t have any to hand. Works
much much better than looping the reefing line through
the cringle itself. I did this for seven years and can
assure you that the blocks are a major improvement.
BTW, I am at the Stockton Sailing Club and spend a lot
of quality sailing time on the Bay.
— Piediscalzi Nicholas <nickpied@…> wrote:
I just bought a Freedom 36 and will be sailing it
primarily in SF Bay.
I reefed my old boat (Newport 33) about 70% of the
time, and expect to
do a lot of reefing with the Freedom.
Could you please provide a little more detail on how
you rigged the
reefing? As currently rigged on my boat, there are
2 lines for each
reef point lead aft: one goes to a hook attached to
the tack cringle,
and the other goes through the boom, out the aft end
sheave, then
through the leech cringle with bitter end secured to
boom. Are you
suggesting same setup, but just install blocks into
leech cringle, with
line running through block down to boom?
Thanks,
Nick Piediscalzi
1730 Waller St | San Francisco, CA 94117 | T
415-730-0375 | F
415-358-5612
From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
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Of seychellois_lib
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:44 AM
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Reefing improvement
confirmed - now need
ideas on my bunk
Reefing
Based upon info I received from the board I
permanently installed
blocks on my two most used reefing points. Installed
at the leech
cringles. For anyone interested in reducing the
friction in your
reefing system, this is an absolute winner. I
probably reefed eight
or ten times during a recent 220 NM trip. I’d guess
the job was at
least 50% easier with those blocks installed, much
less friction. It
was a really easy mod so there’s no excuse not to do
it if your
sailing grounds require reefing on a routine basis
as mine do.
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Posted by seychellois_lib (seychellois_lib@…>)
I worried about the same thing but once I had the blocks in place
found chafe to be zero issue. Snug them up well with your attachment
webbing or rope and you’ll find that they hardly move, even in 25 Kts.
Mike
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “sitchmo” <sylvanm@…> wrote:
This sounds like a great idea that many of us could benefit from. I
am going to give it a try on my F35, Apsara.
One quick question – any worries about the blocks chafing the sails
around the cringles?
Thanks - Mac
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, svfantasy@ wrote:
Mike,
I’ve been thinking about doing the same thing on my Freedom 40 Cat-
Ketch
“Fantasy”. Thanks for doing the R&D, now I know it is worthwhile
proceeding. BTW, I used to live aboard in Antioch, I’m now in Glen
Cove
near the Carquinez Bridge. If you are ever in the area, stop on in.
This
is a great little marina. You can reach me at: svfantasy@
Good sailing,
Jay Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: “mike cunningham”
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [freedomyachts2003] Reefing improvement confirmed -
now
need ideas on my bunk
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:52:17 -0700 (PDT)
Nick,
Yes, that’s the idea. Obtain a few high load blocks
and attach them to the leech cringles. I used a short
piece of rope with some pretty thorough whipping to
make sure the knot remains snug. Good quality webbing
would be better but I didn’t have any to hand. Works
much much better than looping the reefing line through
the cringle itself. I did this for seven years and can
assure you that the blocks are a major improvement.
BTW, I am at the Stockton Sailing Club and spend a lot
of quality sailing time on the Bay.
— Piediscalzi Nicholas <nickpied@> wrote:
I just bought a Freedom 36 and will be sailing it
primarily in SF Bay.
I reefed my old boat (Newport 33) about 70% of the
time, and expect to
do a lot of reefing with the Freedom.
Could you please provide a little more detail on how
you rigged the
reefing? As currently rigged on my boat, there are
2 lines for each
reef point lead aft: one goes to a hook attached to
the tack cringle,
and the other goes through the boom, out the aft end
sheave, then
through the leech cringle with bitter end secured to
boom. Are you
suggesting same setup, but just install blocks into
leech cringle, with
line running through block down to boom?
Thanks,
Nick Piediscalzi
1730 Waller St | San Francisco, CA 94117 | T
415-730-0375 | F
415-358-5612
From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of seychellois_lib
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:44 AM
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Reefing improvement
confirmed - now need
ideas on my bunk
Reefing
Based upon info I received from the board I
permanently installed
blocks on my two most used reefing points. Installed
at the leech
cringles. For anyone interested in reducing the
friction in your
reefing system, this is an absolute winner. I
probably reefed eight
or ten times during a recent 220 NM trip. I’d guess
the job was at
least 50% easier with those blocks installed, much
less friction. It
was a really easy mod so there’s no excuse not to do
it if your
sailing grounds require reefing on a routine basis
as mine do.
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