[C320-list] Second Reef

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Dave, give me call mate. Jaraman is set up , John 0437064050


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> On 7 Dec 2015, at 7:14 PM, David MacKinnon <david.mackinnon99 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Having now sailed our C320 for about 15 months and having gotten more confident in sailing her in strong wind conditions, I want to understand how to set up the 2nd reefing point on her.  Since we got her she has always only ever had the first reef setup but recently we have been sailing in conditions where a second reef is needed. What we have been doing the last few times we needed to go to a second reef is to completely reposition the first reef and insert that sheet into the second reefing points at the luff and the leech, which is actually quite hazardous in those type of conditions. There has always been one “spare” sheet, which we have never used, that goes into the boom at the front of the boom alongside the fist reef sheet, but does not exit out at the rear (we have one spare pulley at the end of the boom) and I can only assume that it is intended to be for the second reef but as it does not exit anywhere I do not know where it ends up & it will not pull through the boom so it is obviously attached internally somewhere. Can someone tell me if this is intended to be the second reef and, if so, how do you get it to pass all the way through to the rear of the boom so that it can attach to the second reefing point on the leech.
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> David MacKinnon
> Figment #169
> Manly, Australia
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