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Tahoe Cruiser
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Initially Posted - 08/27/2013 :  07:48:43  Show Profile
I am the new owner of a1998 250 WK tall mast. I sail in Tahoe which means we go from 5 knot winds to 15-20 gust. I want to make my reefing speedy so I was thinking of reefing hooks for the tack cringle. I have two reef points and have the one line reefing set up for both reefs but I would like to change it to just in boom reefing for the clews alone. Any advice would be appreciated.
1998 250 WK/TR #355 "Trail Break"
Lake Tahoe California
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 08/27/2013 :  11:26:03  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Denton,
Welcome to the forum, nice to see another C-250 TR/WK, there's only a few of us on the board.

I have no experience with using reefing hooks as we've got the dual/single line reefing set up on our boat. The one disadvantage I see is you'll need to go forward to hook/unhook the tack cringle each time you reef or shake out a reef. To me (I'm about 15 years older than you, so not as spry), that seems like an unnecessary risk, exactly when you shouldn't be taking risks (fluky winds).

We can reef in less than a minute, probably less than thirty seconds if we practiced.
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Joerg
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Response Posted - 10/09/2013 :  19:44:34  Show Profile
David, my new boat (2002 C250WK) has no reefing installed. I like the idea of not having to go forward, would like to duplicate your set-up. Can you please explain how the lines are running. Also, would single line not create too much friction?
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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 10/10/2013 :  03:29:19  Show Profile
I have a halyard at the mast (used to run to the cockpit) and also reeef hooks. Many chandleries will have many diffent styles. I like the larger round cross sections that are a single 180° bend versus smaller square cross sectional ones. Disadvatnages as I understand are friction, which is the main reason I moved the main halyard back to the mast.
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