When reefing my M15, I just rerun the Cunningham (downhaul) through the reefing tack grommet and back to the clam cleat. I leave the original tack attached as usual. Bill Riker M15 #184 - Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of G Burmeyer Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 1:31 AM To: Montgomery Boats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Re: reefing Hi Gary, Your set up for reefing must be an upgrade from what I take to be the standard M15 reefing arrangement which leaves the bitter end of the reefing line clam cleated on the boom. That's the arrangement I have, anyhow. But that leaves me with unfastening the tack of the main and re-inserting it into the reefing gromment after I've pulled everything down. Not fun in a blow. I've been considering trying to fit a small reefing hook up there to make this easier, but it sounds like your way of doing it doesn't require messing with the tack of the main or with a hook at the gooseneck. Is that right? Also I was wondering: was there any particular reason you chose to put your forward cheek block on the mast instead of on the boom near the gooseneck? Fair winds... George Burmeyer M15 #385 On 4/29/04 11:17 AM, "Gary M. Hyde" <gmhyde1@mac.com> wrote:
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:
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