Primary reason to reef the H16 sail is to lower the center of effort.
There are times when having sail aloft is just too much to hold down
with the crew weight available.
That being said, we have sailed with a reefed main on the H16 on a
number of occasions. The thing to keep in mind is that the boat is a
dog, and tends to wallow (i.e., not having enough power to skim the
tops of the waves, it climbs up and down them.) Also, tacking is a
bear. And, personally, when the wind kicks up enough that I have to
reef, I DO NOT like to jibe. Personal preference, but I hate that boom
slamming over and the imminent pitchpole feeling.
-Sue H16/H18
Lake Erie
--- In beachcats@yahoogroups.com, Mars DeLapp <jmd.MailList@...> wrote:
>
> > --- In beachcats@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <pauljdel@> wrote:
> >> I have H16 with a comp tip mast and a main sail with reefing
points.
> >> Will getting the old type main halyard (part no. 20651011)with
the
> >> reefing stop allow me to reef the main sail, or is it not
possible
> > to
> >> reef the main with a comp tip mast?
> >>
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