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Forum: Monohull Sailboats

26-03-2012, 09:07

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Mainsail - Two Reefs or Three ?

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Posted By barnakiel

Re: Mainsail - Two Reefs or Three ?

As already responded by another member.

IMHO it may work on smaller boats. But it did not work as advertised on the bigger boats I sailed.

b.

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

23-03-2012, 12:49

Replies: 82

Mainsail - Two Reefs or Three ?

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Posted By barnakiel

Re: Mainsail - two reefs or three?

From our small ship, long voyage, perspective, Eric's take sounds valid too. Interestingly, their boat is way bigger than ours.

Maybe, despite the size differences, the boats are somewhat similar?...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

23-03-2012, 10:29

Replies: 82

Mainsail - Two Reefs or Three ?

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Posted By barnakiel

Re: Mainsail - two reefs or three?

Maybe the 2 vs. 3 issue is related to the boat size too? I mean, on a bigger boat, having more reef lines adds the benefit of having less sail area to handle when the reefing time comes. I can...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

23-03-2012, 06:29

Replies: 82

Mainsail - Two Reefs or Three ?

Views: 29,312

Posted By barnakiel

Re: Mainsail - two reefs or three?

We did well with just two.

Then we added the third one and had a trysail built.

I would stay with two reefs for 99% of the cases, the remaining 1% being the ocean going boat that may get into...

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