Swan 58 in the med | TheaterFire

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murmurat1on@reddit

Pop a reef in, you'll go faster and flatter

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sola_mia@reddit

Real question: can you talk me through the basics of " popping a reef in" at this stage of the video? Point into the wind to accomplish? (Student here)

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TheVoiceOfEurope@reddit

On a boat of this price point: just let out the main untill there is no more wind pressure, push the button to reduce the sail, sheet in the main, continue.

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I haven’t been yet to do reef in these conditions, the main halyard is at the mast so I have to go forward. When I do, the main just won’t nudge down easily enough to get to the next reef point. I usually end up pointing up, throwing the engine on, and feeding upwind

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TheVoiceOfEurope@reddit

I actually prefer reefing off the wind: less flapping and 50% of the time the sail is away from the winch and clutch.

Our sail is with sliders, the battens have chariots with bearings. So it slides up and down easily. Add some graphite / dry lubricant to tthe mast track?

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Mehfisto666@reddit

Cruisers reef off the wind not into it. You just go a little from a run, drop the halyard a bit, pull the reef lines in a bit, and repeat until you are there. At least with slab reefing. It's MUCH easier and less dramatic than pointing into the wind.

If it's really late, then sometimes i like to heave-to and reef the main while doing that. Used to do that a lot on my old 28ft that didn't i had to go up the mast to operate the halyard

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sola_mia@reddit

Appreciate everyone's comments here. I held my breath that I might berated for asking. TIL 🤗

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brufleth@reddit

Cruisers reef off the wind not into it.

Interesting. This isn't how I've been taught to reef. I could see it working, but you'd be heading the wrong direction the whole time you're reefing and potentially still need to spin up wind because of the tension on the main sail cars preventing it from sliding down.

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No-Sail-6510@reddit

The boom can push out pretty far. It will usually have basically no tension if you do this.

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1aranzant@reddit (OP)

We had already taken 2 reefs on the main

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Powerful_Bluebird347@reddit

Plus isn’t it hydraulic in boom furling? There aren’t even lines at the clue or hooks at the tack.

Ps she’s moving like a freight train

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1aranzant@reddit (OP)

It is. But when you reef it’s better to have the horizontal reinforcements of the sail (not sure how you say in English) well inside the boom, so we don’t reef in between.

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anteup@reddit

those are called "battens" sir :)

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1aranzant@reddit (OP)

thx !

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Powerful_Bluebird347@reddit

Makes total sense! There are reef reinforcement zones/panels so you go to each of those and not between.

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nerdycarguy18@reddit

So I knew about all these things but never thought about putting a reef in a furling sail. Do you just furl it inward a little or?

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Turbo__Sanwich@reddit

Yes.

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No-Sail-6510@reddit

That sail trim is spot on. Idk what you’re talking about.

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Much-Hamster-2182@reddit

Jep. Even those tellies tell so.

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Dopey_Dope@reddit

There's already a reef in lol And it looks plenty stable in the video. Some heel is not your enemy, as long as the rudder feels good.

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murmurat1on@reddit

Then put another one in?

More hull in water, more drag, less speed, less comfy

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MSgtGunny@reddit

Depends on the boat actually. In some they are designed to heal over to increase the waterline, which makes them faster. See old J boats and older Americas Cup boats.

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Classic_Teaching_168@reddit

Classic boomer life

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Garlic_puma@reddit

Looks so much fun

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FriendshipSome6014@reddit

So much fun!

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mafost-matt@reddit

Why would the dodger cover a whole 0% of the forward seating?

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Splinter01010@reddit

big girl can move

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Angry_Sparrow@reddit

Not enough hulls.

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tribal_mouette@reddit

58' with a courtesy flag at the stern? Anyway, fair winds.

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turkphot@reddit

Care to elaborate?

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tribal_mouette@reddit

I was beeing picky and was referring to flag etiquette in sailing.

A courtesy flag is a small flag of the colours of the country you visit, hoisted on the spreaders.

Your own national flag is at the stern of your boat and is usually a bigger flag. Often 1 inch per foot of your hull. So with proper flag etiquette, the National ensign should be about 58" ( or 4'10" or 150cm).

Some people might find it a shame to sail a 58' beauty and spoil it with a tiny flag. If you are happen to see superyacht you'll find that they usually have a huge flag

The flag is a french flag and the french rarely care about flag etiquette. Maybe it's not in our culture as much as it is in other countries.

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