So I had tied my dogbones and wanted to practice some reefing techniques. As I usually do when faced with a sailing challenge, I asked myself, "What would Lord Nelson do?" I decided that to work on his reefing skills "Big Nellie" would bring bring his dog, and a couple of kids out in Small Craft Advisory weather situation on the San Francisco Bay before the Superbowl.
This was the second reef. My clew line is incorrect and I need to fix the aft reef line to the boom to get more "down force" as per this thread:
ericsonyachts.org
I need to re run these lines per Kenneth K's diagram, I think. In the photo I have my proper reefing line and an add-on that I tried to pull down under way with a trucker's hitch on a bight. It helped somewhat. But the port sheave at the back of the boom is still frozen, so I really need to get the whole boom off the boat and do a proper rebuild. I'm looking at Bob Skalkowski's excellent overview.
ericsonyachts.org
Today also made me contemplate the value of Jack Lines, but I still don't know. One more set of complicated ropes to get fouled up, and I would have to get one of those Sunbrella Taco things to protect my main instead of the regular functional sail cover I already have.
Always the knock-on effects with the sailboat alterations.
This was the second reef. My clew line is incorrect and I need to fix the aft reef line to the boom to get more "down force" as per this thread:
E32-3 Reefing Mysteries
(1)I can't imagine it matters. Anyhow, I ground the ears for the pin off two years ago, and haven't missed them (one was broken). Topping lift works fine. (2) I removed the reef line jammers too in favor of line clutches.
I need to re run these lines per Kenneth K's diagram, I think. In the photo I have my proper reefing line and an add-on that I tried to pull down under way with a trucker's hitch on a bight. It helped somewhat. But the port sheave at the back of the boom is still frozen, so I really need to get the whole boom off the boat and do a proper rebuild. I'm looking at Bob Skalkowski's excellent overview.
Boom end sheaves replacement - The Fix on a E32-3
I did a post about this subject earlier this month but decided to re-post a new thread so that any Ericson owners with the same problem will have an easier time of finding a solution. So I hope this was OK for me to do rather then tack it on the end of the old thread. The Problem: Late last...
Today also made me contemplate the value of Jack Lines, but I still don't know. One more set of complicated ropes to get fouled up, and I would have to get one of those Sunbrella Taco things to protect my main instead of the regular functional sail cover I already have.
Always the knock-on effects with the sailboat alterations.
