Back to top

Kinora forum posts in last 60 days

Show Edits
Reply in Topic: Reefing Downwind
Kinora
Kinora

VIC

187 posts

4 Jan 2026 2:53pm
The main on Kinora is quite small and only has 2 reefing points. The leech and luff reefing lines come back to clutches on the cabin roof, 6 either side for halyards, topping lift, cunningham etc, that I can reach from the cockpit. Also 2 x Harken self-tailing winches aft of the clutches. Lazy-jacks, a stack-pack and a Raymarine ST2000+ tiller pilot. Headsail is a No. 2 genoa on a Profurl C320. Most of my sailing is single handed.

The idea was that most sail operations could be done from the cockpit and it works although I haven't tried reefing while downwind in fresh conditions. The inspiration came from reading these forums and from the setup on Ramona's Currawong.

Cheers,
Kinora
Return To Classic site