I have always found that tough to do as well, the initial tightening of the
reefine.

And sometimes, I still forget this, but once I just let the main sheet
free, I let the boom go where it wants, I can just tighten up. The boom
always ends up higher than you're used to, so I think there's a tendency to
have it down too low and try and tighten the main clew where it cannot go.
I don't tie it around the boom, though I have a padeye on the top of the
boom where the reeefine dead ends. My boat sails & looks better with the
number one reef oddly enough. And it is blowing cats off of roofs here as
well. Sitting at the dock with the boat laying at 10°

Bill Coleman
Entrada Erie PA

On Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 18:55 David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:

> We raced today in a real blow and I was reminded to ask how others rig
> their reefing lines.  I have a single reef point in my main and outhaul and
> reefing line both exit the pulleys on the end of the boom.  When I want to
> reef, I have generally run the reefing line up to the cringe, down and
> around the boom and tied it to the boom. I have found it to be really
> difficult to pull the new clew down and back to flatten the sail in both
> directions.  It seems like it should work, but I am not sure if there is a
> better way.   How do others rig for reefing?  Dave
>
> S/V Aries
> 1990 C&C 34+
> New London, CT
>
>
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