Comments on: Reefing a lug sail, New fast method, quicker Than ties and Tingles https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/faq-sailing/boat-handling/reefing/reefing-a-balance-lug-sail/ Boat plans with excellent instructions - Performance and beauty Wed, 17 Jan 2024 06:16:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Michael Storer https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/faq-sailing/boat-handling/reefing/reefing-a-balance-lug-sail/#comment-9310 Wed, 06 May 2015 04:33:23 +0000 http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/?p=4490#comment-9310 In reply to Stephen Newdell.

Good point Stephen,

In this case the tension is not so high and there are no hooks … all done with knots. And evein if it did break, it passes through so many intervening eyelets and under and over the boom that it will just slacken in place.

Cheers!

MIK

]]> By: Stephen Newdell https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/faq-sailing/boat-handling/reefing/reefing-a-balance-lug-sail/#comment-9298 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 08:25:08 +0000 http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/?p=4490#comment-9298 Great ideas. Cautionary note: I’m a doctor and met a woman patient who had a bunji cord snap while working on a backpack. The hook caught her eye and she made medical history. Wear goggles or a motorcycle helmet — something to protect yourself if you have any hooks at the end of the bungi cords — or use use non-stretching rope.

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