[C320-list] Single Line Reefing

[Irv Grunes]

Islse of Wight, a 2001, #851 came with a port side reefing line from the
cockpit line stopper to the block at the base of the mast. then into the
mast end of the boom, then to the end of the boom, then to the leech
cringle, and then tied off to the boom with a bowline.

The luff  was to be reefed with the hook led from the stbd cockpit stopper.
That hook was to be placed in either the reefing cringle to reef or into the
cunningham cringle for sail trim.

Reefing was then a two line process, that required going on deck to the mast
to put the reefing hook into the reefing cringle, then when dropping the
sail, we would take up on both the port and stbd reefing lines using the
winches for final seatng of the lines. Then of course raising the main head.

We had a couple of days on Middle River, Chesapeake Bay, a few weeks ago
that the wind was 20 to 25 knots and gusting to 30.  I reefed before I went
out, but it would have been scary to have to do it in that weather.

Irv Grunes
Isle of Wight #851



-----Original Message-----
From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
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Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Single Line Reefing


I thought all of these boats came with single line reefing?! Mine did and
it's a 1994 model...

Are there different reefing systems on other boats?
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OD

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----- Original Message -----
From: C320-List-bounces
Sent: 06/07/2006 08:17 AM
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Subject: [C320-list] Single Line Reefing


Guys,

There was a thread a year or so back about single line reefing.  I just sent
the following to my boat partner.

Is there any album that shows what people used for the luff pulley described
below and has anyone actually done this?.

I don't remember it right now, but there is supposed to be a way to make
reefing a single line control by addig a pulley to the main luff reefing
cringle. Then reeving the port side reefing line from the cockpit stopper to
the deck mast pulley(where it now is), up through the new luff reefing
pulley, down to a new mast base pulley, into the boom then to the leech
cringle as we now have it, then to tie off at the boom.  The key being a
pulley on a strap of some kind on the luff reefing cringle. The main
objection to this as I remember it, was all of the resistance that is
encountered by the lines going through all of the pulleys. This would
eliminate the need to go on deck in possible bad weather to reef the main.

Irv Grunes

Isle of Wight #851






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