§2024-10-15
For the Dragonfly 28, the foot length of the mainsail is typically around 10 to 11 feet (approximately 3 to 3.4 meters).
main sail clew
reef one starts from the cockpit(port side)
at the front of boom on port side, reef one line goes out here
the it goes up into the reef one ring, port sode
then it goes down through this ring
then through this,
then through this stopper
at the back of the boom, reef one(red) is coming out on the port side
then it goes all the way to the reef one ring at the end of main sail
then reef one line comes down and tie it to the starboard sid of the boom, in fron tof the clew!
this is where main sheet in attached to ??
lazyline starts here
then lazyjack line goes to the top, through thid ring then scomes down
then through this ring to go to the startboard side
the it goes up to the lazyjack ring and comes down
the lazyjack line is fastgened here
once the main sail is fully hoisted, loosen the lazyjack line
now, pulling the reef one line out by untying the knots first.
pull the reef one line out from the main sail. Pull it all out!
do not forget to figure-eight know at the end of of reef one sheet
pull the reef one out of the stopper all the way and tidy it up
take out the reef two line in the font of mast, startboard
just pull it all out
we are ready to release mainsail from boom
untie the knots at the end of boom
strap off
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