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JohnP
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Response Posted - 02/05/2009 :  13:37:19  Show Profile
Hey Steve,
You're in South Carolina and can actually go sailing now and make use of this new info, while most of us are just sitting around and typing on our computers! I doubt that I'll go sailing on the Chesapeake in February. So I'm looking forward to your next pictures.
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BFTEagles
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Response Posted - 03/02/2009 :  12:02:40  Show Profile
I'm just confused about the comment on the better looking skipper from the first photo... He looks pretty dern good at the helm if I do say so myself...(it's me.)
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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 03/02/2009 :  18:38:41  Show Profile
Perhaps I missed it, but in the picture the reefing clew was not pulled down tight to the boom. Other than that, a reminder to NOT tighten the bunt lines, just enough to gather the loose foot of the sail.
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tbosch
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Response Posted - 03/03/2009 :  12:13:34  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Merrick</i>
<br />another thing is I have a hook on each side of the boom gooseneck. the reefing grommet at the tack is on a little tab and doesn't go through the sail, so I just lowered the sail till I could hook it and tightened it up again. Seems pretty simple and no line needed, right?
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Merrick, I have the same question so I'm giving your question a "bump". What are the hooks for on either side of the mast? My sail has a reffing grommet but no line/strap/rings led through. So I've got hooks on the mast and an empty reefing grommet. Merrick has a gromment and tab? I can't quite picture what that would be. What is the intende use of the hooks?
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/03/2009 :  14:37:32  Show Profile
Todd: To reef your setup, you go to the mast, release the main halyard, lower the sail so you can flip the reef-tack grommet onto the hook on your side, and then tension and cleat the halyard. Then you pull down the reef clew with the line, and optionally straighten up the sail and loosely tie the ties ("bunt lines").

Merrick apparently has a short extension (tab) attached to the sail to make it easier to reach the hook somehow... I haven't seen that.

If you want to be able to reef from the cockpit, you won't use the hooks--you'll have to use a line as illustrated, and lead it back (block, organizer, and clutch).
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Jmurfy
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Response Posted - 03/04/2009 :  23:00:24  Show Profile
Dont worry, have fun, learn while you sail.
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Curtis
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Response Posted - 03/06/2009 :  12:24:10  Show Profile
How do you run your jib sheets back to the cockpit? Do you keep them outside the lifelines, or inside? I found that if I run my jib sheets inside the lifelines, I get waaaaay more weather helm (and subsequent heeling action...which the admiral does not like). When I run the jib sheets outside the lifelines, the helm is much easier to manage.
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