[C320-list] reefing system

[Jeff Hare]

Allan,

Ours have been in place since 2004 and there is no sign of sail wear.  I suspect you weren't using the carbo air blocks which are smooth and contoured plastic.

Ours are actually on the other side of the sail also these days I think.  It seems to work well there.

I don't see how the rocking in the slip could do this to a flaked sail. ..unless you left the sail up all the time. So I suspect the choice of blocks are the culprit.

Jeff



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Allan S Field <allan.field at verizon.net> wrote:

>Sorry to come in so late on this...  I also many years ago attached a block
>to the reef point on the main, thinking it would make reefing easier.  It
>did.  However...as the boat rocked back and forth in the slip, within about
>2 years, the block started to chafe through the sail to the point that I had
>a hole in the sail.  The block was removed and the main patched.  I then
>installed a block at the mast base.  My reefing line now runs from the clew,
>through the boom, down through the block at the mast base, up through the
>cringle on the main, back down to the factory installed block at the base of
>the mast, and back through the traveler and rope clutch to the main cabin.
>I actually have 2 reef points on the main thus everything described above is
>duplicated.
>
>When reefing, I reef the 155 genoa at about 17 or above apparent.  North
>Sails put a rope luff in our new genoa which helps the sail maintain its
>shaped much better when reefed.  We also have the Garhauer adjustable fair
>leads so use them also.  
>
>When we need to take a reef, I have this drill down to just about a minute.
>I come up close hauled, let the main all the way out until it is just
>luffing and we are sailing on the genoa alone.  The boat slows down and
>comes up almost level.  I let the main halyard down enough to take the reef.
>I pull in the first reef line and crank it tight.  I pull the main halyard
>back up.  I then pull the main back to where it should be and I'm done.  If
>close hauled is not the desired point of sail after taking the reef, I
>adjust the genoa, track car and main and we are done.
>
>Hope this helps the discussion!
>
>Allan S. Field
>Sea Shadow - #808
>Columbia, MD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Bill Hutt
>Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 11:09 PM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] reefing system
>
>Can you show it from the other side? I'm not sure how you attached the block
>to the reef point.
>Bill Hutt
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Doug Treff
>Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 7:16 PM
>To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] reefing system
>
>Here's a picture that Jeff Hare posted. It may help. The written description
>is very informative as well.
>http://www.catalina320.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=2008111610212
>3811&i=20130607191359102&p=1
>
>Doug Treff
>#350 September Song
>
>On 6/7/2013 5:49 PM, Bruce Hunter wrote:
>> I'd like a picture as well...
>>   swampcreek42 at yahoo.com
>>   Bruce Hunter
>> Nauti Time #719
>>
>> From: Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com>
>> To: "C320-List at Catalina320.com" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:18 AM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] reefing system
>>
>>
>> Cris would you have a picture?
>>
>> tharrison at innovations-plus.com
>>
>> Magic moment 424
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I installed a small block (2) on the starboard side of the main at 
>>> each reef cringle, held in place by a stainless ring on the opposite 
>>> side...removes a ton of friction and makes reefing and letting the 
>>> main back out a breeze.
>>> CB, Commitment #867
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Bronwen Young <baeyoung at telus.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Our reefing system does not feed out well. It seems like it is the 
>>>> pulley inside the boom that requires a lot of tugging.  Has anyone 
>>>> out there had this problem and if so, how did you fix it?
>>>>
>>>> FanaSea, 1995, #198
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris Burti
>>> Farmville, NC
>
>
>--
>Doug Treff
>doug at treff.us 
>