Re: Reefing
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:36:22 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>> How do you guys shorten sail after you are down to the reefed main (with
>> the single, factory-supplied reef) and working jib? Do you take the jib
>> down next or the main?
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>My gut reaction is to take the main down next if you can't
>reef it. It'll be good to hear what the rest of the list has
>to say on this.
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I'm not sure about the P19, but on the P15 you take the jib down.My boat
balances nicely with just a reefed main, but can only go downwind with jib
alone - severe lee helm. But I have used jib alone if the wind is blowing
in the direction I want to go.
Harry Gordon
P-14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA