On Jan 31, 5:13 pm, Jere Lull wrote:
... The loads aren't identical, but for the purposes of evaluating the
standing rigging, the differences aren't significant. ...

Well, I don't think that's right. I bet the scantiling rules require
that you consider the reefed condition for a reason rather than to
just make work for designers. Hey, have I mentioned that there's
this book...

-- Tom.