reefing lines

Perry
I can't help you but maybe forum member YEOMAN can. He is Hanse Agent, Inspiration Marine on the Hamble I think. I asked them a question about bowsprit on older 400s & they came back with a very full answer. I'm sure he could help you. Hope this helps.

Thanks very much for that Steve. If its not too windy on the mooring I'll sort that tomorrow.
I did managed to jury two reef lines to get my new boat back from Gosport last Friday afternoon. I was rushing to get back to Cowes before the real gales started. And I see what your saying.
One more bit of help please. Is  the clew outhaul also rigged inside Boom?
And further, in my pile of bits,  threaded on one reefing line is a double block? Where/how might this fit into the reefing system?

Yes I can see there may be lots of friction in the lines. Today I have stripped off the single speed Haliard winches Number 8's,  and am replacing  with a couple of used two speed number 16's I had in my spare box. The oridinals were basic with plain bearings [lots friction] the two speed winches have double needle roller bearings. I dont normally dive in before actually sailing the boat but this seemed a logical good change. Unfortunately the two speed units have different hole patterns [due to the gear on thebottom plate, and I need to tap new threads. I attempted to remove the head lining under the winches, the stbd side OK, but on the port side in the toilet, it defeated me. I got all the screws out, cut the sealer used to pretty up the joint line. But the complex shape wouldnt move far enough to access. Tomorrow equiped with a jig saw I will cut it into two parts. It should be a simple job to tap new holes in the Aluminium sheet bonded into the coach roof moulding. Thanks again for your help, Hope you are enjoying my saga, I cant wait to get reefing right, then I only have the bag full of lazy jack and stack pack bits to sort?   Then I go sailing!

if you put "3rd reefing line" into the advanced searches and make sure you look at all dates, you will find some other discussions.  

I'd just like to add my thoughts. Originally Dragonfly had the single line reefing setup, but to be honest I thought this was just not efficient,  safe, or allowed a good shape to the sail be be achieved, and ended up requiring a lot of winching to put a reef in.

I have converted mine to use two reefing horns at the mast end of the boom to clip the reef points to and kept the reefing lines to pull then clew down afterwards. Even single handed this works well and means I can keep the tension on the luff using the halyard. slightly more work and yes you do have to go on deck, but much less friction and less string in the cockpit after a reed makes this a worthwhile option.