Thread: Strange question -- GIS

Howdy,

In stronger winds the way you have set up the rig might cause you some problems with the sail handling in an unpredictable way - just keep an eye out for it ... it might tend to Chinese Gybe, but glad it is working in the moderate winds so far.

With reefing ... don't worry about the battens. I thought they were important when I did my initial writing about BETH, but have reviewed that position completely. You don't need to consider them at all. If they are there, no probs, if not there, also no probs.

ie OUT to either the holes in the ends of the boom (probably not big enough) or tie through the normal tack and clew position of the unreefed sail.

Important thing with reefing is that you need to use the same corner lashing method as the permanent lashings ... that you need to tie OUT to those points but also drop a couple of loops around the boom itself so the eye cannot lift off the surface of the boom.

Also as Woodeneye has found out, if the water is anything but smooth don't overtension the foot of the sail but allow some depth to remain, it helps windward performance.

MIK