I was told that you should use a clew strop (in addition to the reefing line). If the reefing line goes your sail would not rip.
If you don’t believe me, you can look at some of the supermaxis; most of them use it. And if you want to make it easy, use some Velcro strap. Marek From: Indigo via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 14:30 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Indigo Subject: Re: Stus-List Stupid Reefing Mistake Fwiw - and I am sure others may have different opinions - I never use any lines through the reef points. Just the tack (hook) and clew (reefing lines) are used to hold the foot of the sail. That way never a chance to rip the sail or accidentally restrain the main sheet. Even with a second reef (very rare) I don't find my sail has too much unrestrained cloth hanging by the boom - especially as I will always put the first reef in before the second. -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On Jun 14, 2016, at 13:12, Sam Wheeler via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just thought I'd share a dumb mistake I made in case anyone out there doesn't > reef very often and might learn from it when the time comes. > > I went out on Sunday with a few friends in heavy air, with the main fully > reefed to the second reef points. I don't keep lines in my reef points so I > use the sail ties to strap them down when I reef. This time, I wasn't > thinking and tied the straps around the whole boom - including the main sheet. > > We were sailing upwind with no need to let out the sheet so I didn't notice > the problem until we tried to turn down and head home, and it wouldn't go > out. And to make matters slightly worse, we lost a canvas winch cover > overboard in the process and weren't able (didn't try) to go back for it with > the sheet jammed. It was easy enough to retie the straps correctly but it > took a little while and we were lucky to have plenty of open water to do it > and no really urgent need to bear down. Lesson learned: make sure to tie the > reef point lines inside the sheet. > > (The other mistake that I'm now realizing that I made was cinching the straps > tight. Better to tie them loose just to keep everything together, since > those mid-sail reef points aren't reinforced to take load.) > > Sam > 35-3 > SF > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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