Reefing Hardware

[Pete_Sayl-N]

need guidance for installing reefing hardware to boom and mast.
Can anyone direct me to any pics, please??

Thanks,
Pete W.

'Sea Wind'
1982 CD weekender, #1894

[Maine_Buzzard]

Good discussion here, he had a Catalina 22, but the concept is the same.

http://www.chipford.com/reefing.htm

A cheek block on the boom and two cleats on the mast is a good start. Simple, easy to do with the halyard at the mast. Take the time to hoist with it reefed and mark the halyard position when it's reefed and when it's fully hoisted.

[Skeep]

Pete, I came across your question and one response. I've talked about and provide some photos and a video about the simplicity of reefing on the Typhoon. Perhaps you might find one of these links to the Baggy Wrinkles helpful:

http://baggywrinkles.blogspot.com/2014/ ... h-1st.html


http://baggywrinkles.blogspot.com/2014/ ... heast.html

I'm using a reef hook on the gooseneck to hold the mainsail at the boom and tying down the clew with a simple line. Here's a photo of the reef hook adapted to the standard gooseneck on the Ty. I use the original pin shown for a normal tack point and seem to have to un-pin in order to coerce the mainsail into the reef hook, and then it works just fine. I revert to the normal point after unhooking.



I'm not a global sailing circumnavigator, but along with the cute red ties with the balls on the end, this can make a blustery day a fun sail. No need to stay shoreside with the Ty!

[Steve Laume]

You can also install a pad eye on one side and a cleat on the other side of your mast. This is the set up Raven has and it works very well. The advantage is the once the line is run through the reef cringle you ave full control of the sail during the entire reefing operation. With a hook, you may be struggling to hook the sail as it is flapping around. If you were to put cleats on both sides you could reef on either tack, Steve.

[Skeep]

True, there might be a struggle, if you're reefing too late. I attempt to reef at outset. If I were underway and had to reef, I'd have a bit of struggle while stalled to wrestle the damn thing in, that's for sure.

[Sea Hunt Video]

True, there might be a struggle, if you're reefing too late. I attempt to reef at outset. If I were underway and had to reef, I'd have a bit of struggle while stalled to wrestle the damn thing in, that's for sure.

Skeep:

Would there be any benefit to heaving to before reefing Would that calm down the mainsail so it would less of a "wrestling match"

[Steve Laume]

A second reef gets even more interesting, Steve.

[David van den Burgh]

Skeep,

Do you have a jackline along the bottom few feet of your mainsail luff? If not, adding one will likely make reefing easier by allowing the reefed portion of sail to move away from the mast so you can get the tack cringle on the reefing hook. Just a thought.

[Skeep]

To answer Robert, heaving is always an option that is for sure, backwind that jib and lash the tiller windward. And to David, no I don't have a jackline as a resource. I find the Ty is easy enough to handle. It's probably my routine arthritis that makes the operation somewhat of a pain in the neck if underway.

My preference, since I'm not at sea for long periods ( LOL ), is to reef at outset and release that reef when hove-to as Robert indicates, and I pull the mainsail up the mast.

Remembering all the while that I am figuring this as a single-handed event. Had I my 1st Mate, I'd simply provide instructions and marvel at the scenery. I'd pay for that though!

[pjust]

I'm about to put reefing hardware on the boom of my Ty. Looking at cheek blocks, I see they come with both flat and curved bases: http://www.rigrite.com/Hardware/Blocks/ ... locks.html Is one better than the other? I'm planning on using 1/4" line as the downhaul on the clew and was thinking of either the K-140X or the Sch 30-04 block from the Rig-Rite catalog above. Any recommendations?

[Skeep]

Peter, not knowing what other creative ideas are out there, I personally use a sort of clove hitch for the clew grommet and the sail secures rather quickly like that for me. I'm not very sophisticated about it. Nor do I want more stuff attached to the boom sides where already I've a jam cleat for the main sheet haul out. Not sure if that helps but it's what I do.