Norm, The factory boats do not come with slugs on the sails. The opening is placed there by convention for rope luffs which I prefer. I think you will find the vast majority of small boats using a rope luff with no slugs. Thanks Doug Kelch Norm Bundek <nbundek@earthlink.net> wrote: This brings up the question of why the slug opening was designed to be above the gooseneck which causes all manner of problems when reefing and just taking the main down? Does anyone have the answer to why the above gooseneck opening was chosen? Norm Bundek M15 #172 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.