According to my hunter 310 manual my reefing line starts at a pad eye at the aft end of the boom, goes up through the leech reefing cringle and back to the aft end of the boom. From there the line runs inside the boom to a sheave at the mast end of the boom where it goes down to a block on the deck, then up to the luff reefing point, then back to a block on the deck, and then to the cockpit.
I don't know if other Hunters have the same system but this produces a lot of friction along the way and I am wondering if there is a better system.
Thanks Tim
Yep... you currently have a single line reefing, which is tougher to get set correctly....
You can split the reefing into two lines, with one line controlling the aft reefing cringle, and another controlling the forward end...
Two line reefing is common on bigger boats, when slab reefing is used to minimize the friction.. but some prefer to do away with the tack end line and use a reefing hook attached at the gooseneck.
With this setup, you drop the halyard a bit, hook the tack cringle to the hook, then tension the halyard just enough to hold it on the hook, then pull down the luff cringle with the line, snub it, then tighten the halyard...
It sounds as if you may have all the hardware in place to use the double line system.
You can obviously run the aft line thru then boom and to the turning block on the deck, and then to wherever suits you to tie it off.
The line for the "tack" reefing cringle needs to be attached to either a reefing hook, or a padeye on either the boom or the mast.... the line then runs thru the cringle and either thru a cheek block opposite of the pad eye, or directly to a block on the deck...
