Our X was rigged by BWY, and it always puzzled me why they rig their "'Single-Line Jiffy-Reefing System" with the bitter end of the line, on the aft-end of the boom. You can find more on both reefing systems and LJ systems if you do a search.give it a try.you will finds tons of good info. Once I raise the mast I clip on the LJ system.fore and aft.with small cheap carabiners and leave it in place until I am ready to put on the sail cover (unclip the rear carabiners and pull the lines to the mast) or lower the mast (unclip all carabiners and bungy the LJ lines to the mast). The sail drops nicely and is contained well enough until I can get the boat into the dock or harbour and then I can climb up and put on a few sail ties.but I could go for hours without sail ties if necessary.īut my LJ system is put up and leave alone. Now when I want to reef I just pull the line and secure to a cleat I have installed at the front/starboard side of the cockpit.Īs to lazy jacks.I got 'em and I love 'em.make my life very simple.at least compared to what I have read and the few boats I have seen without them. So I modified the system and ran the line the other way towards the mast but then turned it down to the deck and ran it back to the cockpit on the starboard side. When pulled tight this resulted in a big wad of line I had to secure at the end of the boom.major PITA.
TACK AND CLEW FREE
My jiffy reef system was initially a single-line reef system with the free end of the line at the boom end. I never want to leave the cockpit if I don't need to. If not.any foreseen issues? (Other than spaghetti in your face at the boom end regardless how you coil the extra line.)Įd “I never wanna leave my cockpit” Tordahl
TACK AND CLEW MODS
Since I want to lead my main halyard aft (one of many mods this winter), would I not want to reverse the location of the control components (cleats, blocks etc) of both the Lazy Jack and Jiffy reef (more mods) to the clew end of boom as opposed to the tack end by the mast? This way I can cleat and adjust them from the cockpit. I had to anyway because the aforementioned vessels had their main halyards at the mast, and not led aft, and therefore never encountered the answer to the following. At least that's what I did when I reefed. Therefore to use and/or adjust either one, you need to get up on the cabin by the mast to release them. In all the blow boats I've owned (pre-owned), the Main handling elements such as the Lazy Jack and Jiffy reef Cleats were all installed (per instructions and common practice) towards the Main's tack (by the mast). To fix this the sail needs to move towards the opposite side.All right, folks, here’s my first real "?" on the boards: Optimally the telltales both fly straight out, if one is spiralling rather than streaming it is indicating that the sail has incorrect air flow on that side. Telltales are in pairs one of each side of the sail. Telltales are thin, lightweight pieces of fabric or yarn that are used to properly trim (adjust) the sales for the best performance. They go into specially designed batten pockets in the sail. A reef point is a reinforced hole in the sail that you can thread a small length of line through and tie the sail down over the boom.īattens are long thin strips of usually fiberglass that are used to support the roach of a sail. You shorten a sail by tying it into a smaller shape. “Reefing” a sail means to shorten a sail. The roach is supported by battens because without a batten the roach would flap too much. There is an arc of extra material on the leech of a sail (most common on mainsails). The aft edge (furthest from the wind) is called the leech. The leading edge of the sail (closest to the wind), also known as the forward edge is called the luff. (or in the case of a spinnaker between 2 clews – spinnakers to be explained later). The foot is between the clew and the tack. The lowest edge of a sail is called the foot.
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The clew is aft (at the “back end”) of the sail (furthest from the wind). The tack is attached to a fixed point on the boat close to the mast in the case of a mainsail, or a forestay in the case of a headsail. The head is attached to the halyard (the line – remember we have lines never ropes) which raises the sail.īelow the head we have the tack and the clew. Well, it’s a triangle so there are 3 points.