Hi back: Reef the main when the wind gets too strong for you to handle with full main sail. An M15 can handle more wind with two people aboard than single handing because of the additional ballast. It can handle more wind downwind than close hauled. The M15 needs a jib downhaul to pull the sail down from the cockpit for safety as well as convenience. I made the jib halyard and downhaul one continuous line made of Sta-Set™ rope, but that was just my preference. --Gary Hyde N24 'Sailabration' M17 #637 'Hydeaway2' M15 #235 'Vanilla' On Oct 04, 2005, at 6:32 PM, Seawitch wrote:
Hi guys, I recently got my jiffy reefing set up installed for the main. Actually tried it out recently and worked very well. My question is at what wind speed would you consider reefing? We were in gusts from 10 to 15 mph according to the NOAA prediction. Might have had some at greater speeds. It seemed like a great opportunity to try out the system and the boat sailed great, still had the jib up. Anyone have a system for dropping the jib from the cockpit as a single hander needs to do, and keep the jib on the boat at the same time?
Time for a cool change! Sandra(Seawitch #617) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats