Avon Prindle 15 - Reefing

Make sure the bows are pointing into the wind. If
the mast is pOinted into the wind, the boat may flip over
in the other direction as you try to right it. To swing
bows
around into the wind, walk back towards the
transom slowly until bows are positioned properly.
Be careful
not to shift your combined weight too far
forward
or aft as this may cause the boat to roll and turn
"turtle".
Standing even with the front crossbar, the skipper
and crew should grab the righting line and lean
backwards. Knots
in the line help keep your hands
from slipping. Ifyou are single handing your boat, carry
your jib bag on board. Grab onto the righting line,
scoop up a bag of water and hold it over your shoulder
while leaning back. This extra weight should allow you
to right
the boat.
An alternative
method is to tie a loop in the end of
the righting line and attach the loop to your trapeze
harness hook for more leverage.
Once the tip of the mast comes out of the water, the
boat will right qUickly. Be sure to hold onto the righting
line until
you can grab the boat and pull yourself up.
The boat will now be pointing directly into the wind and
moving slowly if at all. Stow the righting line back in the
pouch and your are sailing again!
REEFING (Prindle 16 only)
Unlock main halyard and lower mainsail down
about 4 feet. Lock the lower metal stop on the halyard
wire into
the halyard lock on the mast. The sail should
now be about 4 feet short of being fully hoisted.
Downhaul
the luff using the ring in the reef patches.
Attach
the outhaul car to the aft ring. Starting with
the bottom batten, roll the extra sail up and tie with two
2 foot pieces of line using
the reef points (grommets) in
the sail. Do not tie around boom.
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