Discovery, an Ericson 30+ has a old slab reefing system on the boom. I have never used it, can someone point me in the right direction?
MJS
MJS
There is a slightly better way to do it, especially if you have lazy jacks, or sail for a while with the main reefed.
The way it is drawn there will be a substantial amount of chafe possible with the main sail cloth being trapped under the reefing line. (The line stretches, works back and forth and you have at least one if not many holes in the sail).
Instead of bringing the bitter end down on the opposite side of the sail as in the drawing, bring it down on the same side it went up on. This way the grommet or ring is taking any chafe and not the whole sail bundle.
It also makes it easier in my opinion to tie the remainder of the sail up.
Loose footed or not doesn't make any difference, you just have to get the reefing lines tied in the correct place.
Guy
I tried drawing this, and can't make it work with my drawing skills in 3d. In 2d, it looks like the lines are all the same.
(So instead of drawing it, I am going to play a nice major scale solo over a chord progression in G)........ OR....
Let me try an explanation.
The reefline comes out of the back of the boom, (or off of the cheek block), it goes up the port side of the sail, through the reefing grommet, (It is now on the stbd side of the boat right? ) it then comes around the back of the sail below the running portion to the port side again. It runs down the sail, and is tied around the boom as in the drawing above.
As you reef the sail with this configuration all of the material of the sail will be on the starboard side of the boom. It won't be compressed between the reefing line and the boom as it normally would.
Guy
For the rest of you wondering... Both Rick and I play the guitar.
Hum a few bars maybe I can make it out.
Actually, I got it. It makes sense now that you describe it and I like the logic behind it. Hopefully, when winter is over, I'll remember to rig it that way. It's a long winter.
However, I'm worried that I hijacked mjsouleman's thread. I hope this has been pertinent.
[/QUOTE]Yes, mine is slug footed.
I setup the in-boom reefling system this past weekend and used it in winds up to 18 Knots and a single reef.
worked like a charm.
MJS
QUOTE=woolamaloo;102836]Thanks Christian. It finally makes sense to me.
MJS, Is your main slug footed?