[C320-list] Boom Repairs for C320

[Jeff Hare]

Awesome!  Thanks for that info. Makes perfect sense.  Our boat doesn't have it.  I gotta get me some of that.  😊

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Greg Arnold
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 12:53 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com; c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Boom Repairs for C320

   I believe the reefing line is supposed to go through that ring.   That
   will hold the reefing line close to the mast, and will prevent the
   slugs from taking all of the force when the sail is pulled aft when it
   is reefed.  Doesn't seem like you could use that ring with the pictured
   reefing setup, but the ring would work with a setup that has a single
   line from the reefing cringle in the sail to the block on the deck.

   On 4/27/2018 9:40 AM, Doug Treff wrote:

Jeff,

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

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Doug Treff
[1]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:
[2]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

References

   1. mailto:doug at treff.us
   2. https://www.dropbox.com/s/gep5yk51fcmkasc/DSC_0021.JPG