The angled leads seem essential. Otherwise, how would the tension
be right? The clue has an adjustable block, which I guess helps when
you set it up initially, but after that, it's pretty much set. I can't see a
good reason to change it.

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"Bart Senior" wrote in message
.net...
Harkens version has angled leads at the tack. That
would seem to help.

The version I've used pulled straight down at the
tack and put way more tension at the tack than the
clue. The result being a tendency to rip out the
hardware at the tack.


OzOne wrote
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:19:33 GMT, "Bart Senior"
scribbled thusly:

I don't like single line reefing. I've found that two line reefing
is the way to go.

The stresses on single line reefing cause failures at the tack
on a Hunter 376 I sailed.

How does the Harken version work?

Like this
http://www.harken.com/mainsail/reeffeat.php