Dragonfly 32 Swing Wing, Manual

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REEFING THE MAINSAIL:
Check the lazy jack line is secured in its cleat on the SB side of the boom (works
also as topping lift). To reef the mainsail, you loosen first the mainsail sheet and
thereafter the main halyard and it is recommended to mark on the main halyard
where ”reef 1” an d where reef 2 has to be locked or fixed on the rope clutch
(Constickter). The main halyard is loosened/opened and released to its mark, and
the reef line is pulled hard so that the reefing block by the luff is approx. 15 cm =
6" above the boom.
IMPORTANT - when reefing the mainsail, continue upwind by the genoa, and
ease off first completely the main sheet, then the main halyard is loosened till
the mark reef 1 and then you pull the line reef 1 which is marked on port
jammer/clutch. This line will then automatically reef the luff first and then the
leach. Same procedure applies to reef 2 and the reverse when reefing out. After
each reef the sail can
to be ”packed” with chock c ords for less wind resistance,
not a must.
Pulling the reef line, procedure is completed when the reef block in the aft leach
is touching the boom. Check that the reefing block forward at the mainsail luff is
approx. 10 or max 15 cm (4
” to 6”) over the mainsail boom.
Check that the reefing block at the luff is not chafing the sail. Normally, it does
not, but sometimes you have to go up and "arrange" the sail at the luff.
On the Dragonfly 32, there are only two big reef positions in the main sail. For
Ocean crossing we recommend a third reef in the main sail on the Touring
version, the Supreme version always have 3 reefpoints in the mainsail if supplied
by the yard.
For long distance sailing, we recommend to prepare a reefing line from the extra
third reef on the mainsail down to reef II, so you easier can control the third reef
by hand. When using the third reef, the conditions are of course not the easiest.
Please avoid reefing downwind, as the mainsail can be blown past on forward of
the side stays and also brake the battens. Of course, if there is no other way out,
you can do it
– but this is not to be recommended.