Opinions re: Ty mainsail reefing

[Sean Morgan]

We were out today in our 1977 Ty, "Irie" on Lake Harriet (Mpls.) It was blowing like stink. Great "Cape Dory" weather!

I reefed the main slightly before leaving the mooring. Our boat has the stock rolling boom type of reefing. It seems to do the job ok. But I have read several reviews of Ty's werein the reviewer loved the boat, but recomended getting rid of the rolling boom reefing.

What do you folks think?

TIA Sean



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[sloopjohnl]

i think that is a good idea and that is exactly what i did. being on a small inland lake i opted for one set of reef points. anywherelse and i would like to have a double set.

We were out today in our 1977 Ty, "Irie" on Lake Harriet (Mpls.) It was blowing like stink. Great "Cape Dory" weather!

I reefed the main slightly before leaving the mooring. Our boat has the stock rolling boom type of reefing. It seems to do the job ok. But I have read several reviews of Ty's werein the reviewer loved the boat, but recomended getting rid of the rolling boom reefing.

What do you folks think?

TIA Sean

[Bob B]

Sean,
The boom on my Typhoon was somewhat frozen in place so I would roller reef it by taking the gooseneck out of the track on the mast and roll it up and then place it back into the track. I quickly had two reef points put in, I was living on the Outer Banks of NC with some strong breezes, and put on the cheek blocks,cleat and a tack hook. I have not regretted it a second.

I had two people out yesterday who had never sailed so we started out with a reef in the main, still heading along at about 3.5kts. After they got used to the motion of the boat and that heeling was a natural thing, we shook the reef out and headed on along.

I would recommend it. Reefing takes a couple of minutes which may be longer than the roller deal but the sail trims out well and the boom is not hanging low.

Bob B.

We were out today in our 1977 Ty, "Irie" on Lake Harriet (Mpls.) It was blowing like stink. Great "Cape Dory" weather!

I reefed the main slightly before leaving the mooring. Our boat has the stock rolling boom type of reefing. It seems to do the job ok. But I have read several reviews of Ty's werein the reviewer loved the boat, but recomended getting rid of the rolling boom reefing.

What do you folks think?

TIA Sean

Bundyr@aol.com

[Marino Curati]

Switch to a jiffy-reefing system. The sail will trim out better and better yet, you'll free up the boom to add a vang. Which will make your Ty perform so much better off the wind.

Marino Curati
Ty#74 Snug
Cleveland

[Matt]

My Ty daysailer already had jiffy reefing. I had never really used it before yesterday, but after about 1 1/2 hours of near rail-in, I was ready for a more leasurely sail. I reefed in about 3 minutes (only have one reef point). It was great, got everything I had hoped for: pointed very well, nearly as well as without, good speed and not nearly as much heel. When the wind died down a little later, was able to shake out the reefing and rehoist the main in probably 30 seconds. Ideal arrangement. Have a 130 roller furling genoa which I did not touch.

[Mike Wainfeld]

Sean-The consensus is that "jiffy" or "slab" reefing is far superior to roller reefing in terms of ease of use and preserving sail shape. Much useful information on this subject may be found by using the search function of this BB. It's a fairly simple upgrade. If the sail already has reef points all that's needed is a length of line, a cheek block for the boom, a cleat, and a hook for the tack. It has worked very well for me.
Mike Wainfeld
CD Typhoon "Regalo"



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