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Lateen reefing 
Posted By: Harry Gordon, wwp 14 #234, Mtn. View, CA Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: Lateen Rig (pic) (Manny Rubin)
Date: 2/3/10 1:47p.m.
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Manny, I couldn't follow your reefing description. I would like to hear more. I used the Larry Brown method, with the reefs radiating from the tack. That requires only a jiffy line at the luff. I lower the sail, pull the jiffy line and cleat it, then haul the sail back up as far as it will go. On my second sail I added bunt lines that I can tie around the foot of the sail for a neater reef. Here is a double reef, reducing the sail to 50%. To reef in the conventional way, parallel to the boom, would require a second jiffy line or hook at the tack and also an easy way to ease the outhaul on the yard the same distance as the height of the reef above the boom. The outhaul on the boom would also have to be eased a few inches because the forward reef cringle would be aft of the tack due to the angle of the yard. With this method, the tack angle of the yards would not change, and the yard could still be pulled against the mast, but the center of effort would remain high unless the halyard was also relocated higher on the boom, which would set the sail lower and further forward, reducing both heel and weather helm. This method would add complexity though and be awkward in a wind and waves condition. It would work best if used before departing the dock or before the wind rises.
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Lazy Jacks on a Lateen Rig 
Lateen-Lazy... -- Charley P14#729 -- 2/2/10 7:31p.m.
