Roller reefing is OK. Been there, done that. Cannot see any reason why you
could not use a slab reef either. Remember the sail slot ends some way
above the boom gooseneck so once the sail is out of the slot there is room
to flake it.
Having said that however, I have found in dinghy racing that if the wind is
such that you have to reef some other guy much heavier than you will still
be able to sit his boat upright with full sail and therefore he will win
:-(
Edgar

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Edgar" wrote in message
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Bob Crantz wrote:-
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Lookie he

http://www.dwyermast.com/families.as...cat1Name=Masts

Note the various amounts of space within the rope luff grooves.

None of those sections has sufficient room for the luff rope to flake
down
on itself, which was your original suggestion. Moreover all of them have
a
solid wall backing up the groove. This is essential for strength reasons
and
to stop the groove gaping open when the mast bends


Then by what you have said, is it impossible to reef a rope luff sail?