Being fairly new to larger boats I still tend to pick my sailing days, but one of these days one may pick me, so I'm hoping to be prepared for it by adding the ability to reef the main. I ordered the new Doyle main with 2 reef points. After a bit of study, I've picked a simple design and begun fabricating. durned if I'll spend $40.00 each for reefing horns, for example, so I bought a couple long 5/16" SS U bolts for ~ $7.00 and began cutting, bending, and welding. I sewed up flying cringles with SS D rings and webbing for the 2 reef points and came up with this:
I'm still thinking about exactly how I want to do the other end of the boom, but the local weather girl says I should have a few days to work on it.
I'm still thinking about exactly how I want to do the other end of the boom, but the local weather girl says I should have a few days to work on it.
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