NettetA single-line reefing system is a kit you install with several blocks and lines on the boom and mast to pull the tack and clew of a sail down together. It gets you out of hooking the luff cringle onto the reefing hook, since it pulls the luff down with the leech. Nettet12. apr. 2013 · Apr 3, 2013. #3. Definitely want the stitching done. The point of the patch is to help spread the load out over a number of layers as you get close to the corner, if you glue it on then you'll probably find out that the glue stretches rather than the dacron patch (which basically does nothing). That said, sailmakers I've asked have said they ...

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Nettet17. nov. 2015 · Get the tack of the reef fixed and then winch up the halyard to put good tension on the luff –this keeps the sail pulled forward. Once the luff is taught, you can take up the slack on the reef line on the … http://www.wayfarer-international.org/WIT/cruise.daysail/cruisetips/Phillips04.htm recovering data on portable hard drive

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Nettet23. apr. 2009 · The cringles on the luff of the sail for the first two reefs have blocks attached to them through which the reefing lines run and the remaining cringles do not. In order to reduce the amount of friction in the system I'd like to … Nettet27. aug. 2008 · To help reduce the friction, have your sailmaker install a block at the luff and leech sail cringles. Running the reefing line though these blocks, rather than through the cringles, dramatically reduces friction and line chafe at these points. When it's time to reef the mainsail, keep the cringle above the boom so it doesn't get pulled down to ... recovering deleted documents from recycle bin