"The Captains Master" wrote in message
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| On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 11:36:38 -0300, "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.
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| So Marc... how do you tie a reef into a main that has a bolt rope along
the
| boom?
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| Huh?
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| Since when are reef points not reinforced?
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| They're reinforced so they won't tear thru the sail if it takes a lot
| of water.
| Oh and Marc is correct, a reefer main is then a loose footed sail.

Oddly enough my original North Sail Main came from the factory with a bolt
rope on the foot and 3 reefing points....
A "Reefer" Main..... ???? Is that the type they say really "smoke"?? ;-)

CM