[C320-list] Boom Repairs for C320

[Doug Treff]

Jeff,

I have no idea what the ring is for. It's been there all along and I've never used it for anything.

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018, at 10:55 AM, Jeff Hare wrote:
> Doug, 
> 
> In the last pic you posted (Forward reefed: 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/gep5yk51fcmkasc/DSC_0021.JPG)  What is that 
> Ring for that you have just above the boom gooseneck?
> 
> Also for the forward block we rigged it similarly but tied a different 
> way.  We fed a line through the reefing cringle, around the shackle on 
> the block and back through the cringle.  Then just knotted and whipped 
> the ends together.  That brings the block up much closer to the reefing 
> cringle so that it doesn't swing around and chafe the sail.  (The carbo 
> blocks are really smooth and don’t seem to chafe anyway).
> 
> And for the aft block arrangement, we've found that if you can tie the 
> end of the reefing line around the boom back further toward the end of 
> the boom, you end up with a tighter foot and a flatter sail when reefed 
> (which is what you're really after).
> 
> But all in all, we really like that arrangement because even with the 
> main up full, in heavy air you can put a little tension on that reefing 
> line and take a little belly out and flatten the main some.
> 
> -Jeff