Good point, Rick, but sometimes thing get so bad so fast that I need one hand to hold onto the boat while reefing. We all adapt to whatever rigging we have, but winter days are conducive to planning the better way. Anyway, thanks for the comments. Tom Jenkins On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Rick Davies wrote:
Tom,
Why do you have to cleat it with one hand? After hooking the luff cringle over the gooseneck horn, (or cleating off the jiffy reefing line, if you happen to have one), there should be two hands available to tension and cleat the halyard.
Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L
On 12/10/09, Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> wrote:
I wonder if anyone out there has replaced the main halyard cleat with a large jam cleat (or even a cam cleat) to facilitate the reefing process. I find it cumbersome to reach out from the cockpit with one hand and cleat the halyard off while trying to keep it taut. Am I missing something that might make a regular cleat the only choice?
Thanks, Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla
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