Comments on: J/46 Reef Lines https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=j-46-reef-lines Sailing around the world with Kate, Curtis, & Roxy the dog! Sat, 26 Aug 2023 18:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 By: sweetruca https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/#comment-399 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 18:05:21 +0000 https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/#comment-399 In reply to Richard York.

Thanks Richard! We are following suit and just added two more clutches outboard of our existing ones. We also remember your trick for the vang! Great recommendations! Being able to manage all sail controls from the cockpit singlehanded is one of the aspects that make these boats so great offshore.

]]> By: sweetruca https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/#comment-398 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 18:03:48 +0000 https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/#comment-398 In reply to Denton Earnhardt.

We have a dyneema strop spliced the gooseneck with a wichard shackle, a standard cunningham purchase which leads through the goosneck and to a hook for the tack/cunningham/reef, and a reef tack line led back to the cockpit clutch/winch. We will try to grab some photos of this one day. We are trying a few new changes as well.

]]> By: Denton Earnhardt https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/#comment-395 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:12:26 +0000 https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/#comment-395 I would like to see how you do your cunningham tack and strop set up. I have enough sheaves for four reef lines on the clew end but only room for two at the tack as the first two reefs are single line via a seldom one line reefing boom set up. I was planing on doing the strop for the third reef tack as well.

]]> By: Richard York https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/#comment-391 Sat, 10 Jun 2023 12:13:00 +0000 https://sweetruca.com/j-46-reef-lines/#comment-391 Great rig there, Curtis. I had a yard add jammers in year 2, so I have five do each halyard winch. Two-line reefing. Third reef not led, but then again I have never sailed in latitudes starting with 5. Sail Safe … Dick Y.

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