Actually, when I had my Cal, I rigged a single-line reefing system, which worked pretty well. I almost did the two-line version, thinking it would be easier to deal with (fewer turns), but went for it. It never jammed, but I usually just reefed prior to leaving the dock, since I knew the conditions would warrant it.

Not sure which university you're talking about... or the "referenced" website. Are you talking about sailnow? I work when I have a few minutes between posting... g Actually, I'm pretty busy today.

50 sailboats... well, it's not empty, but by the SF bay standards it would be. We have all sorts of traffic of course.. everything from kayaks and swimmers to tanker traffic. I don't know if it's accurate, but I heard the average is 20 tankers/freighters per day.

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"Jim Cate" wrote in message ...


Capt. JG wrote:

Yeah, I haven't had much opportunity to sail in the last couple of months with the holidays, work, and bad weather out here. I'm hopeful that will change next week.

Two line-reefing... were you not able or didn't you want a single line?
Maybe I have a "cheap and easy" version. When do you work, JG, with all your internet activities? I'm assuming you are associated with the university mentioned in the referenced website?


You must not get much traffic where you sail if you can hang out for long periods of time. Where we sail, you'd be lucky to have more than 5 minutes.

Actually, I counted over 50 sailboats on the bay that afternoon (Galveston Bay, near Seabrook, Kemah, Clear Lake, Houston, etc.), not including various power boats of all sizes. - But the bay is some 10 x 6 miles here, so we can usually find less congested areas to avoid other traffic if desired. From here we can sail or motor down the ship channel to Galveston and offshore in the Gulf.