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• Single line reefing.
  • WHat size is your main?
    • P=34, E=11.5
      • Photo of sorts of my single line on a prior boat...
        • Actually, I can't recollect if the fore end of boom had sheaves or not...so best I can say is IIRC...
  • Well
  • I tried single line reefing and it
    • Reefing for us
      • Maybe I'm wrong but my
        • Another senior moment. Repaired.
  • I have it
    • Selden ditto, works fine...
  • Conclusions - so far.
    • Double Line
      • I am happy with double line
        • sded, I just installed exactly
          • Mine look like this
            • If you replace those eyelets with ball-bearing blocks it would work nicely
            • I like simple.
            • The same as mine
  • What the shuttle block does...
    • That looks like a great system for a single reef but what
      • On my system I was limited to two reefs by sheaves in boom.
      • Yes 6 exit points for 3 reefs, but is that different than any system?