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Capt. Mooron
 
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"Marc" wrote in message
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| 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.

So Marc... how do you tie a reef into a main that has a bolt rope along the
boom?

Since when are reef points not reinforced?

CM