Dave, finally made it out to the boat today and snagged those figures. Larry mentioned in an earlier thread on sequence Brion Toss the master rigger who tuned my rig used the same procedure. Did it all by touch and sound then went back and used the gauge. It was really pretty amazing like watching the piano tuner at work.D. Stump, Hanalei wrote: We were in the Atlantic off of Mystic, the other side of Fisher's Island, NY this last weekend. It was blowing 20 knots sustained with puffs to 25-30, maybe 5 - 6 foot seas with moderate chop. Hanalei had all her flags flying, main-staysail-jib. Yes, she was overpowered, but still manageable and fun. Stayed that way for an hour or so, and then I tucked a single reef in the main(mainly because I got tired of it and the crew was tired of high side balasting the boat). Of course, that leveled things out and made her easier to handle. She can handle "all flags flying" in those conditions, but my question is "When should you reef, and what are the indicators that you look for to tell you that it is time to reef?"
Fun is one thing, but what is really correct? Short of carrying spars away and rippin' up sail cloth, I could probably hold all flags up to about 30 knots, not that I would, there is a point where stupidity rears it's ugly head.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.....
Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30
the backstay 13%
forestay 16%
uppers 15-16%
aft lowers 11%
forward lowers 12%
these percentages of course are read out on gauge along with cable size. the staysail stay he didn't use the gauge but tensioned it last, there is about an inch to inch/quarter play in it. it has the least tension of all the rigging. I had a deep reef added to my new staysail . using it before the bare pole. check out briantoss.com/ to see his webpage. quite the salt, after tuning my rig he stood back looked at me head tilted and asked, can I point out a few things, I sailed these cape dorys back when I lived in Maine... great boats. Now I'am off the clock. He went on and spent 45minutes pointing out various things to make the running rigging work smoother with better purchase. out haul rather than at end of boom I added cheek block close to gooseneck with cleat so Its easy access when reefing used longer line along boom. single line reef moved block on mast up even with boom just below gooseneck. port side up to reef grommet down starboard to cleat right next to outhaul.before block was 8" below gooseneck now reefline runs paralell?(spelling) along boom to block then 90degrees up to reef. traveler system for both main and staysail. the main sheets bitter end was attached to padeye on starboard side ran to blocks then back to port aft to winch. formed an upside down v. bitter end now is attached to new double block with becket back to double on boom forward in line with boom port to spring block then directly aft to winch. did that for both main and staysail. new padeyes through decks just aft of hatchs. also added new traveler from shachfer for main. camcleats port/starboard for adjusting. much better system for trimming. anyway best regards, ben
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