Re: Mizzen rigging for sail and oar
For RanTan my mizzen has a big sleeve in it that keeps its rigging clean and simple. When I put it away I roll it around the mast which is the way that would reef it although i have never had to in 10 years or so of sailing it. I have a notch cut in the sail so I can lash a snotter to the mast for the little carbon arrow shaft sprit. The snotter itself is some of that sailmakers 2 mil stuff which is plenty strong enough for the tiny sail. I put a grommet in the sail a foot or so behind the luff so that if I needed to reef it, I'd take the snotter off the mast, roll up the sail to the grommet and then tie the snotter around mast and sail, set things up and go sailing.
Ben Fuller
Ran Tan, Liten Kuhling, Tipsy, Tippy, Josef W., Merry Mouth, Imp, Macavity, Look Far, Flash and a quiver of other 'yaks.
"Bound fast is boatless man."