[quote=MN3][quote] What is still not clear to me is how reefing works with a boomless sail. I'll have to take some pictures to describe what I'm talking about.[/quote]
You would need an extra heavy batten in the "new" bottom of your sail - just like what should be there now
Why are you so worried about reefing? 98% of beach cats don't
only cats with with reefing are people doing endurance races where it is required, old h16's that had it originally and custom setups like mine where the owner was paranoid about getting caught in a pop up storm with his very young child being on board (we all used to sail almost every weekend around here). I don' t think the original owner ever needed it -and i used it a few times cause i wanted to try it out. first time was fine, second time a tore out my clew and needed it repaired (was under reinforced)
i have sailed too much and too old for that crap now. I have sailed reefed -it was fun but beach and anchor handling still sucked, and if you capsize .... your in for a hell of a unfun time
i can't help but think you would just be better off sailing with a smaller sail plan on med-heavy air days, or stay home and wait for 5-15 knot days[/quote]
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