[C320-list] Boom Repairs for C320

[Scott Thompson]

That does not sound like a reefing line problem. Rather it sounds like a 
problem with your mast track setup. My mast does not have a "stop." The 
slides can move down freely to the gooseneck. How high above the 
gooseneck is your stop?

I'm wondering if someone added a removable stop to the mast groove above 
the "gate" opening (where the slides are inserted) in order to keep the 
slides from coming out. On my boat the gate opening is pretty high and 
this approach would cause the problem you describe. The fix is to get 
rid of that stop and get a proper mast gate cover so that the slides can 
slide below the gate without coming out of the mast.

Here is another solution if that does not describe your case: I have 
sailed on boats where the lower part of the mainsail luff does not 
attach directly to the mast slides but rather is connected to them via a 
line that zigzags between the slides and grommets in the luff. That line 
goes taught when the main is full up so that you tension the luff, but 
goes slack when you reef. When it goes slack the lower part of the luff 
(below the reef grommet) becomes only loosely attached to the mast, so 
you can pull the reef grommet all the way down to the gooseneck (i.e. 
even lower than the slides).

Scott
(Surprise, #653)

On 5/8/2020 2:21 PM, nibj wrote:
> Holly
> When I setup our reefing lines, I used the diagram from this website which seemed appropriate for our age boat.  But when we tried to use it the reefing hook pulled the slugs on the mast down hard against the stop. I was worried that if I cranked down hard on the reefing line I might rip out the slugs of the sail.  So we sailed with a very loose foot!
>
> So I think our reefing lines are wrong (or our sail is not right).  Maybe I should start a new thread, but I wonder if you could describe how your reefing lines run near the mast?
>
> Thanks
> Peter
>
> Tangled #226