[C320-list] Reefing Block inside boom

[Bill Sloane]

I used an electrician's snake sucessfully yesterday to feed my first reefing
line through the boom. I pulled the internal pulley inside the boom out the
back end of the boom, looped the line through it and snaked it back to the
mast end. Mission accomplished, my first reefing line works.

What I can't figure out is whether the second reefing line is set up the
same way with an double pulley block inside the boom.  It does not appear so
as reefing to the second point requires much more force to pull the sail
down.  If this is not the case, it seems that it might be a good idea, if
there is enough room inside the boom for both pulley blocks.  Has anyone set
up their second reef point like that?

Bill

C-320 No. 554
Olympia   WA


On 5/27/07, Bill Sloane <southsoundbill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Irv,  that's a great idea.  I know at least one electrician.
>
> Bill.
>
>
>  On 5/27/07, Irv Grunes <igrunes at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Bill,
> > An electricians snake should so the job. Find an electrician and borrow
> > one
> > or rent it.
> > I don't know of any electrician that would not be happy to go on a
> > sailboat
> > ride for the day.
> > Irv grunes
> > #851
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
> > [mailto: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Bill Sloane
> > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 12:24 PM
> > To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> > Subject: [C320-list] Reefing Block inside boom
> >
> >
> > I am trying to reassemble my new (to me) Catalina 320, after dismantling
> > the
> > boat to get it trucked from Lake Tahoe to Puget Sound.  My '98 boat has
> > first and second reefing points. Are there two (2) reefing blocks inside
> > the
> > boom, one for each reefing point?  I found one block with a single line
> > coming from the second reefing point. My first reefing line pulled out
> > at
> > the mast end of the boom. How does one get the line all the way through
> > the
> > boom?  I was thinking of safety pinning it to my outhaul rope, which is
> > the
> > only rope I can see that goes all the way through.
> >
> > Been sailing anyway without functioning reefing lines, which is not a
> > great
> > idea but I couldn't help my self.
> >
> > Bill
> > Olympia  WA
> > Hull 554.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>