[C320-list] Single Line Reefing

[Rod Boer]

Hi Walter,

I did the same thing on Odyssey.  The only thing I didn't do is secure the 
small shackles with wire and they vibrated apart in heavy winds.  I have 
since changed to Wichard shackles which have the self locking feature.  I 
think I have some photos of the system on Odyssey, if anyone is interested. 
Thanks.

Rod
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter burnett" <selkie2003 at yahoo.com>
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Single Line Reefing


> Irv,
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>  The pulley idea originally came from a Mainsheet article in the C380 tech 
> section a year or two ago. If you have the back issues, you should be able 
> to find it.  You rig the 320 reefing system excatly the same way.  Works 
> great.
>
>  Walter
>  Selkie #887
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> Irv Grunes <igrunes at comcast.net> wrote:
>  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.
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> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Stanley
> Rogacevicz
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 1:10 PM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Single Line Reefing
>
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> 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Stanley
> Rogacevicz
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:42 AM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> 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
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