Reefing

Agreed Babylon - I have 11 pieces of string in my cockpit!
Mainsheet
Genoa sheet x2
Mail halyard, topping lift
Kicker
Clew lines x2
Luff lines x2
Pole uphaul.
Just as well I'm not colour blind!
 
A1Sailor said:
Agreed Babylon - I have 11 pieces of string in my cockpit!
Mainsheet
Genoa sheet x2
Mail halyard, topping lift
Kicker
Clew lines x2
Luff lines x2
Pole uphaul.
Just as well I'm not colour blind!
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I think I can beat that! Without adding cruising chute sheets / guys I have:

Main sheet (double ratio)
Traveller line (endless)
Genoa sheet x2
Genoa car adjuster X2
Main Halyard
Topping Lift
Kicker
Cunningham + 3 luff reef lines
Flattener + 3 clew reef lines
Spinnaker halyard
Genoa halyard
Genoa roller reefing line
Cruising chute tack line

I make that 21 separate bits of string with 25 places to pull. I've yet to find somewhere convenient to put the pole uphaul and downhaul, but I suspect that the 3rd reef clutches could be re-used, with jammers to park the unused lines...

The cockpit stays remarkably tidy; in normal sailing only the main sheet and traveller lines lie on the sole.
 
DaveS said:
Main sheet (double ratio)
Traveller line (endless)
Genoa sheet x2
Genoa car adjuster X2
Main Halyard
Topping Lift
Kicker
Cunningham + 3 luff reef lines
Flattener + 3 clew reef lines
Spinnaker halyard
Genoa halyard
Genoa roller reefing line
Cruising chute tack line

I make that 21 separate bits of string with 25 places to pull.
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  • Main peak
  • 2nd reef tack
  • 2nd reef clew
  • Port topping lift
  • Starboard topping lift
  • 1st reef clew
  • 1st reef tack
  • Main throat
  • Jib sheets x2
  • Jib furler
  • Staysail sheets x2
  • Staysail furler
  • Running backstays x2
  • Mainsheet
  • Mizzen sheet
  • Mizzen peak
  • Mizzen throat
  • Mizzen topping lift

That's 21 in the cockpit, I also have on deck:

  • Jib halyard
  • Bobstay tackle
  • Kicker (not always used)

(not counting staysail halyard as it's a standing item rarely touched during the season)

Also 5 x burgee, ensign and signal halyards, at least one of which definitely counts as it needs to be tended while the mizzen is hoisted or lowered. Two others are used every trip, the remaining two only sometimes.

A lot of string for a 24-footer :)

Pete
 
Wow! Pleased I can control everything on my boat with only 9 pieces of string, no more than two being needed for any one task.
 
Tranona said:
Wow! Pleased I can control everything on my boat with only 9 pieces of string, no more than two being needed for any one task.
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What I'd like for boat.next would be:

  • Main halyard
  • Reef tacks x3
  • Reef clews x3
  • Topping lift
  • Kicker
  • Headsail furler
  • Headsail sheets x2
  • Mainsheet (inc traveller of some kind)

Headsail halyard can live on the mast as it's "tweaky" rather than vital for manoeuvring.

Plus an assortment of spinnaker gubbins and a bit of re-learning, as yea pointy sails aren't so good downwind :D

Pete
 
I counted 38 lines which were always rigged while sailing the Transat.

- adjustable bobstay
- tack line for spinnakers
- 2 x bowsprit guys/braces (port/starboard)
- pole deployment line
- jib first reef
- jib second reef
- inner forestay deploy / retrieval line
- masthead spi halyard
- fractional spi halyard
- jib halyard
- main halyard
- 2 x jib car pullers
- 2 x jib sheets
- 2 x barberhauler fore/aft
- 2 x barberhauler in/out
- cunningham
- main outhaul
- 3 x main reefing lines
- mainsheet
- 2 x backstay (p/s - no permanent backstay)
- 2 x backstay fine tune
- 2 x traveller
- 2 x spi sheets
- 2 x vang/kicker
- 2 x foot rest adjusters

ALL led to the cockpit.

There were other lines rigged from time to time - furling line when I had the big gennaker / Code 0 set, extra sheets if the jib was reefed, light spi sheets - but those weren´t permanently rigged, and I haven´t counted lines that are parts of the sails like leech and foot lines.
 
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