Reefing Eyes

[Thedreamoneday]

Google them - none appear to have the complication of a reef in the main.
Whilst the Nomad was produced at the height of the roller-boom craze, I think you'll find they fitted the roller reffing to the larger boats only.
In fact she's described as a masthead rig, but of very conservative sail area, about 70% of my first 22'.

http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_ID=4031

You're right it isn't a roller boom and there isn't any hooks for slab reefing either so it looks like I'm going to have to retrofit a slab reefing system and get my sail adapted too.

I was going to ask why wasn't there any reefing points in my main especially as I have a genoa, jib and storm jib (which all hank on) is that normal? Is it as you say due to the main in reality only being quite small?

I think though even if that's the case I'll still go ahead and get it set up, I am only using it for day sails and the odd weekend away but I think just having them in will give a bigger degree of confidence.

Cheers

 

[ghostlymoron]

I can send you a sketch of the arrangement I put on my L17 if you like. It's just bulls eyes and jammers and a bit of string although cheek blocks would have less friction. You'll need to employ a sailmaker to put the cringles in the sail though as it needs pressing in and reinforcing.

 

[Thedreamoneday]

I can send you a sketch of the arrangement I put on my L17 if you like. It's just bulls eyes and jammers and a bit of string although cheek blocks would have less friction. You'll need to employ a sailmaker to put the cringles in the sail though as it needs pressing in and reinforcing.

That would be brilliant, cheers

 

[ghostlymoron]

I'll look it out and post it up tonight.

 

[Greenheart]

You'll need to employ a sailmaker to put the cringles in the sail though as it needs pressing in and reinforcing.

Maybe not...I put my reef-cringles in, at home. Okay, they weren't very big, but they wouldn't need to be vast for the Nomad's main, either. Surprisingly simple job requiring a steel ring to be sewn around the hole, then brass cringles are flattened in position to cover the thread which holds the ring in place...so that the hole in the middle is strongly reinforced.

I'd never done it before, but I'd definitely do it again. Just need a couple of 20mm - 25mm ball bearings, or just one and a ball-tipped hammer, to smooth out the cringle evenly.

Cindy, at Wilkinson's sailmakers in Faversham - very kindly found the bits I needed for the job and mailed them all in a jiffy bag. Worth asking for her advice, she contributes here.

 

[bitbaltic]

I was going to ask why wasn't there any reefing points in my main especially as I have a genoa, jib and storm jib (which all hank on) is that normal? Is it as you say due to the main in reality only being quite small?

That does not sound normal and my first reaction would be that the mainsail must be so small that it contributes little to windward, so previous owners simply drop it completely after the wind pipes up to a certain point. That would in turn suggest the boat stands up to it well off the wind. Does this sound reasonable for the Nomad? Probably best ask the WOA. Certainly would be a recipe for disaster on my boat with a fractional rig and huge main.

 

[ghostlymoron]

This is a sketch of the reefing I put on L17. The back reef bulls-eye should actually be further aft to pull the reefed sail back.

 

[Thedreamoneday]

This is a sketch of the reefing I put on L17. The back reef bulls-eye should actually be further aft to pull the reefed sail back.

That makes sense, is there any preference on the jammer and bulls eye also when the 4mm goes through the cringe then how does the none jammer end fasten? Does it come back down to the boom.

Cheers

 

[ghostlymoron]

I think I had another bulleye on the other side to which the free end was attached but you could just tie it through the cringle.

 

[charles_reed]

You're right it isn't a roller boom and there isn't any hooks for slab reefing either so it looks like I'm going to have to retrofit a slab reefing system and get my sail adapted too.

I was going to ask why wasn't there any reefing points in my main especially as I have a genoa, jib and storm jib (which all hank on) is that normal? Is it as you say due to the main in reality only being quite small?

I think though even if that's the case I'll still go ahead and get it set up, I am only using it for day sails and the odd weekend away but I think just having them in will give a bigger degree of confidence.

Cheers

If the designer didn't specify a reef, then one is probably unnecessary. I'd certainly try using the boat for a season before fitting a reef.
Probably of more value, on a masthead rig, is a roller-furling headsail, but this is a far more expensive modification, even if you modify your current headsails.
From memory the Nomad was quite well-mannered boat but needed a Bf3 to get moving at any speed.