[C320-list] Single Line Reefing

[Irv Grunes]

Stan,
Thanks for the reply. Again yours is an elegant solution and the fact that
everything is run through pulleys elimintes a lot of the friction.

If one would do the same to the leech luff, theneverything would be throgh
pulleys. Thats just a thought.

Did you do anything to the mainsail to protect it from any chafe by the
block working against it?
When the sail is down and furled, that block must just sit there and not
bother the sail cover.
As you can see I am trying to visualise any and all problems.
I realised that it will be necessary to change the reeving on the mast base
blocks so that the existing block will be the last block before the line
goes into the boom.
Irv Grunes
Isle of Wight #851


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Rogacevicz
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 1:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Single Line Reefing


Irv,
  I figured my explanation might come up short. The block stays with/at the
same level (well, maybe a couple inches below at most) as the reefing
cringle it replaced because the little line that passes through the
cringle/gromett is only long enough for attachment. When reefed the block
would end up in the boom area but since it is being pulled down by the block
at the mast base that's fine. My addition did involve switching a couple
block leads around.
  I'm assuming as did a couple other posters that you already have a single
line reefing standard on your boat --- I did *--  I just wanted to reduce
the friction of the line passing through the reefing cringle by -
replacing - it with a block = less friction.
  No... I don't remember the block I used. Many of my projects are simply
find what looks right and make it work.
Stan

>>> igrunes at comcast.net 6/7/2006 12:48 PM >>>
Thank you Stan.
I think its a very elegant way to mount that block.
If you can remember the block you used it would be appreciated.
Also, with the sail fully raised about where did the block finally rest?
Did the block rest on the sail or was it at or just above the boom?
How did you keep the block from flopping around or did the fact that the
reefing line was through the block, it kept it from flopping too much.

If I picture it correctly, there is about two feet from the sail tack to the
luff reefing cringle, then you would only need to have that two feet to pull
it down.  I assume there was enough room below the boom to pull it down.
Thanks for the reply.

Irv Grunes
Isle of Wight #851



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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Single Line Reefing


Irv,
  I did it, but it's one of the very few things I never posted a
picture of and it's a bit hard to describe. I used a large SS washer
(too big to pass through the grommet) with a small hole on one side
attached to a small block on the other side of the sail grommet. I
passed a small line (about 3/16) through the washer, then through the
grommet, then through the body of the block, then back through the
grommet, back through the washer, and then tied the two ends together
with a big enough knot to keep it from passing through the washer. Not
very elegant, but by not using any sharp metal objects for connections
it didn't damage the sail and did the job.
Stan
(formerly) Christy Leigh
c320 #656
Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI

>>> igrunes at comcast.net 6/7/2006 11:17 AM >>>
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