Don I ll check my arrangement of boom horns and cheek blocks there are already some installed, just have to figure how the lines run.Your arrangment sonds very similar to Gary's except yours sounds like a single line that runs from the back end of the boom thru the leech reef then forward to the mast and thru the luff reef down to a horn cleat on the mast. How do you keep outhaul tension on the clew? gilbert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary M. Hyde" <gmhyde1@mac.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 1:17 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Re: reefing Fellow reefers: I use single-line jiffy reefing on the M15 main. A 3/16" Stayset™ line runs from an anchor point on the port side of the boom, up through the reefing grommet near the rear of the sail, down to a cheek block on the starboard side of the boom, forward to a cheek block on the starboard side of the mast at boom height, up through the reefing grommet at the front of the sail, down through a fair-lead on the port side of the mast at boom height, down further to a turning block at the base of the mast and finally to a cam cleat. The reefing procedure is to ease the main sheet a little, go forward to the mast to uncleat the main halyard, lower the halyard while hauling in on the reef line, continuing until the main is fully reefed, then re-tension and cleat the main halyard. The whole process can be done in less than a minute while the tiller tamer™ steers the boat. To unreef, ease the main sheet, release the reef line, and haul the sail up with the halyard; again can be done quickly. --Gary Hyde M15 #235 'Vanilla' N24 'Sailabration' On Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 05:10 AM, LUDLOWD2@aol.com wrote:
Gilbert: I'm going to revise the current reefing arrangement on Sweet Dream. Right now, I've got a cheek block on the port side of the boom (Harkin Bullet). The 5/16" line from the 1st reef clew grommet goes dwn to the cheek block and then to a horn cleat. The proposed revision is to run a 1/4" line from an eye on the s'board side up to the 1st reef grommet, thru the hole and down to the new cheek block then run along the boom to a clam cleat with built-in fairlead located more forward, near the companionway. I'll tie a knot on the end and leave it loose. This way I can reach the clew reef line easily without having to reach way over the side and grab the boom. When i'm heaved -to, to take in a reef, the jib is backed and main is loose. As I pull in on the boom to reach the clew reef line the boat takes off, rounding down til i let the main go again. Quite a balancing act. Moving the cleat forward should help. The double purchase should also help. I believe that Doug has "Seas" rigged like this. I just had the second set of reef points added to the main but haven't rigged then. Steve suggests that the second reef be set up just like the first but on the opposite side of the boom. I'm going to look at this next week. I've also needed the reef recently. Took Sweet Dream on the Dauphin Island race in 18 - 25 knot winds and 3 to 4 ft head seas. One reef was all I needed, I wanted to keep the power up to blow thru the waves. Averaged 5.2 knots most of the trip. Let me know what you decide. Fair winds Don _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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