On my O’Day 28 while I was reefing the end of the reef line came loose from the boom and I inadvertently pulled the line threw the reef clew grommet point and into the boom and half-way through the boom. Now I am faced the challenge of rethreading the reef line aft through the boom. Since you cannot push a rope I’m finding this very difficult.
It seems like I will need to disassemble the boom just aft of the connection point to the mast - see photo. By taking out 4 bolts. Then I need some stiff and long (about 12 feet) to push thru the boom and attach the reef line to this long stiff guide-wire until it exits at the aft end of the boom.
Does this make sense or is there a better way to do it?
It seems like I will need to disassemble the boom just aft of the connection point to the mast - see photo. By taking out 4 bolts. Then I need some stiff and long (about 12 feet) to push thru the boom and attach the reef line to this long stiff guide-wire until it exits at the aft end of the boom.
Does this make sense or is there a better way to do it?
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