[quote=klozhald][quote=DamonLinkous]All sailing classes must have a safe and efficient reefing, furling, or recovery system for all sails.[/quote]
All sails? So everyone with a jib has to have a roller reefer too?
This is an expensive regatta.
Back in the day, the single reefing point on Prindles and Hobies was in the third panel. I only had to use it once on my 16, but it sure stretched my dacron sailcloth.
If I had to reef again, I don't think I would bother with a point in the second panel. Reefing a cat is a survival technique, not a performance decision.
One of the other sailors thought that the middle grommets needed to be tied tight and subsequently ripped them out of his sail in a big blow. He was on a H16, and because his jib was attached to the boom all across, he thought it necessary to tie it tight. Destroyed a very nice Tequila Sunrise main.[/quote]
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