We hoisted the mainsail the other day to familarise ourselves with the slab reefing system which is fairly straight forward. I think the previous owner was using a sail tie to secure the reefing point so have attached a stainless steel hook to the goose neck which hopefully will be simpler and quicker to operate.
Also noticed that there is no way to alter the tension of the clew outhaul. The clew of the sail was tensioned by a piece of cord tied to the clew and threaded through a block attached to the end of the boom and the cord was badly chaffed.
Have attached the block to the clew via a stainless steel shackle and added a dinghy forestay tensioner. The outhaul can now be tensioned according to the wind conditions!
At the same time have added an identical tensioner to the backstay. Again there was no way of altering the tension or at least not easily.
Chuckle has two anchors, a danforth and a fishermans both of which are set up for immediate deployment and they take up a large amount of deck space. Given that we have hank on jibs and need to get up there quickly and safely without tripping over and falling overboard the fishermans anchor will be relegated to storage in the forepeak. Likewise the heavy wooden beaching legs which are currently stored on the coach roof and are a bloody obstacle course.
Eventually it would be good to lead all the lines back to the cockpit but will have to wait and see.
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