Topic: How is the setup for reefing the main
Hi Marc;
I have three reef points in my Contessa 26. There are no cleats on the boom. It's a cinkel boom, and the lines run from the reef points on sail down once around boom, then to aft end of boom, through the sheaves at end of boom and inside boom until they get to mast, then out bottom of boom to jam cleats (mine) or similar at that end. I have a winch under boom side (aft side) of mast, and so far has worked fine for 1st and second reef and outhaul. For third reef, I will rig something with the outhaul, as I don't want 50' of line hanging from sail for 3rd reef point which I won't use that frequently, but when I do, will likely not need outhaul for awhile! I will take some pics for you if you'd like.