This removes one line and a chafe element. while I’m all performed, I’m within the correct position to examine the reef and the set of the sail, and to install an further chafe-prevention line throughout the leech cringle if the reef may be left in for any size of time. Many mainsails using a reefing hook easily have reefing cringles fixed into the luff of the sail on the applicable issues. In conception, the sail is hauled down, the cringle is pulled over the hook, and the halyard is re-tensioned. although, it's always tricky to get the cringle over the hook and to maintain it there whereas re-tensioning the halyard. moreover, if it’s performed incorrectly, there's a threat of tearing the sail. an improved strategy is to put a size of heavy webbing in the course of the cringle, and to stitch a number of earrings to every finish of it in order that one hangs down on each side of the sail. it really is then simplicity itself to drag the sort of floppy earrings over the hook (as lengthy because it is feasible to get the hoop over the hook with no need to take away any of the ground sail slides from the mast song; it’s demanding to think, yet there are a few boats on which it is vital to take away the reduce sail slides in an effort to reef). most sensible left: while all of the regulate traces are led aft to the cockpit, a number of blocks are beneficial on the base of the mast. (Courtesy Pacific Seacraft) most sensible correct: as well as the mass of line that leads to the cockpit, one of many negative aspects of cockpit reefing is that the reef tack cringle isn't rigidly mounted (as it truly is with a reefing hook). This makes it tougher to optimize sail form. floppy ring reefing hook Line jammers at the ahead finish of a growth. The levers aren't lengthy adequate to supply the leverage essential to unlock a seriously loaded line. Reefing hook in action—the halyard is eased sufficiently to allow the floppy ring connected to the tack cringle to be pulled over the hook. bankruptcy : On Deck sixty nine Pulling in a reef on Nada . 1. Mainsheet and vang are eased from the cockpit. The topping carry is decided up if wanted (not during this case—the boat has a inflexible vang). The halyard is eased and the floppy ring is pulled over the hook. 2. The halyard is re-tensioned. three. The clew reefing line is pulled in, winched up tight, and locked with the road jammer at the underside of the growth. At this aspect, the reef is completed—all that continues to be is to tidy up and stow the traces. four. The clew line is cleated off and tidied up. five. The mainsail halyard is tidied up. 6. The slack is taken out of the second one reefing line and the road is tidied up (I would like to have this line cleated at the similar aspect because the first reef—something on my “to-do” list). 70 half 1: The Boat 1 2 three four five 6 cringle strikes round and chafes line no chafe (cringle is held tightly) leech line led again to sheave on the finish of the growth chance of pinching unfastened bunt of sail within the block leech line led via block at the part of the growth The reefing technique is as defined within the caption (opposite). despite how slab reefing is decided up, what is not sensible in any respect for crusing shorthanded (as against racing with a wide workforce) is to have the halyard at the mast and the reefing traces within the cockpit, in any other case the halyard and leech reefing traces resulted in the cockpit yet with a reefing hook at the increase (both of those preparations are common).