Two ways.
1. make a slit with a hot knife 2" long just above the bolt rope and
directly under the reef tie. Pass reef tie through slit.

2.Tie reef tie under boom LOOSELY so as not to stress the sail.

Reef tie points are reinforced, but not enough to take the strain of
a foot slug or bolt rope.


On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 11:36:38 -0300, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote:


"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?

points noSince when are reef t reinforced?

CM