Cap, you bring up a frequently misunderstood point. The reef ties
shoud never be used to tie the sail to the boom. This is a cause for
sail maker enrichment. The reef ties are not reinforced to take such
strain. A reefed main is a loose footed main and the sail ties are
just there to make the package neat.

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:08:13 -0300, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote:


BTW... when reefing a loose footed main, there is no longer any need to tie
to the boom. I found the reefed shape is better..

CM


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message

| Cripes, isn't there anyone out there that has used a free footed sail
| longer than two week. TALK TO US!!!
|
| Ole Thom
|