Photos please! I’ve been noodling the same in my minds eye as I procrastinate drilling holes and getting a stainless worthy riveter… only issue that makes me hesitate is sail control in sketchy conditions when changing the outhaul from cringle to cringle (eg sail flapping loose in moment outhaul is on neither). Has that been an issue? On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 5:53 PM Jon Barber <brbrbarber@gmail.com> wrote:
I changed my outhaul set up to provide a simplified reefing system that allows me to remove all the reefing hardware, including those reef lines that are always getting tangled. The outhaul terminates at a snap shackle. It operates like a standard outthaul, but the snap shackle allows me to move it to the reef cringle (either one) and use it to tension the sail in reefing situations. A soft shackle is also worked thru the reef cringes and are made up around the boom. I use a dinghy sheet tackle to tension the sail at the mast. This system greatly simplifies reefing and eliminates most of the reefing hardware. This is all new to my boat and I am still practicing reefing this way.
This idea I found on the Video Ramblers YouTube channel. The subject boat is a Goat Island Skiff.
Jon Barber Monty 17 Ol'44