Boom turns during sailing

marc1

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Aug 18, 2019
9
C&C 30 French Creek Harbour
So I believe the roller reefing on the boom of that time was rolling on the outside of the boom - like a window shade. It would have to be a pretty flat sail which would be consistent with mainsails of that time. There was also the Hood in boom reefing system which rolled the main inside the boom if my memory serves me - and it has been asleep on the job lately. The Hood system did pretty well on larger boats presumably because it was a bit pricy to put on a smaller boat. As we say in NY, "Not for nutin'" but I'd rather reef from top down than from leach forward. But that's a subject for discussion.
I agree, reefing from top down :)
 
May 24, 2004
7,129
CC 30 South Florida
I agree with Capta, how much can the boom rotate if the halyard is adequately tightened? Sure there are some torsion forces but nowhere near enough to permanently distort the boom. Sometimes we try to fix something that is not broken and frequently end up with a bigger problem than the one we tried to fix.
 
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