[C320-list] Reefing

[Darrell]

Thanks Jeff ,

you certainly are a wealth of information on these boats. I would like to 
switch over to the blocks you have suggested. I would also like to eliminate 
the block inside the boom. I know this has been covered before but are there 
any pictures of the reef line arrangement without the internal block. It 
looks fairly intuitive but I would like to make sure I am doing a way others 
have found successful,

Darrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Hare" <Catalina at thehares.com>
To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Reefing


> Hi Dave,
>
> Check out the block in this picture.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2jqba8
>
> (full url)
>
> http://www.catalina320.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album34
>
>
> I included block part numbers.  I really like the harken carbo airblocks
> because they're plastic, rounded off and very smooth on the outside so no
> chafing or marking up the sail (so far anyway, we only have about 1100 
> miles
> on them rigged this way. Time will tell.).
>
> -Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Moores [mailto:dmoores at cogeco.ca]
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 9:06 AM
> To: 'C320-List'
> Subject: [C320-list] Reefing
>
> No, this is not about the block in the boom!  Removed that years ago...
>
> My problem is with the arrangement at the aft end of the boom.  The 
> reefing
> line comes out of the end of the boom, up to the reefing grommet in the
> sail, and then back down and simply tied around the boom (I have a
> loose-footed main).
>
> This arrangement does not allow me to get the foot at all tight, and a 
> full
> sail sort-of defeats the object of reefing in the first place.
>
> Can anyone describe a better arrangement and/or point me to pictures?  I'm
> thinking a turning-block on the side of the boom may help ???
>
> Dave Moores
>
> Caliornia Girl #342
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