[quote=Dogboy]Raked forward to depower? Yea, that certainly runs contrary to the conventional wisdom of raking back to depower. Maybe he needs to do this to balance the helm with the smaller sail. Sure doesn’t look right to me....
Anyway, the biggest issue with reefing is coming up with a way to engage the main halyard into it’s hook mechanism at the lower hoist height. You could just tie or cleat off the halyard at the lower point, but then halyard stretch could become an issue and you may not be able to get enough luff tension on your mainsail to flatten it out.
If you have the option of adding a furler to your jib, that is also a convenient and proven method of reducing sail area.
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