Reefing a lanteen sail

EricBerg · Post by **EricBerg** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:41 pm

Hi folks.

I see that some of the smaller chrysler sailboats are lanteen rigged. I have a small sunflower (snark like) that is also the same. Some times the wind just overpowers it. Any tips on reefing it?

Thanks in advance

Eric in SD
79 C-26

Banshi · Post by **Banshi** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:59 pm

I saw a method of doing this, besides just letting down the halyard a bit or changing where the halyard is tied on to the upper boom, on a Sunfish website forum somewhere (there are several I browse) I would guess that they would be a good place to look since the Sunfish is one of the most if not the most popular lateen rigged sail boats on the market today.