Here's a link to a vid of Stars and Stripes gettin' it under reef:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSGViue46f8

Good shot along the boom, although less than tidy

I disagree with Elozory. Reefing allows one to go out relatively safely in conditions one might
not otherwise consider, and is often faster than depowering. By this I mean that if one
continues to carry sail in a blow, one will be steering and dumping. Whereat if one just took
a reef, one can continue actually concentrating on sailing.

It seems foolish to me that the 'modern' cats have discontinued installing reef points in
mainsails. Reefing is part of seamanship... just ask the badasses sailing places like the Solent,
f'rinstance.





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