I am so glad I found this list and you knowledgeable people helping out. I wouldn't have figured all that out being such a newbie. Now I have a slight clue anyway. And reading up on the Cunningham tells me it is another tool for subtle sail shaping; is it generally correct that it would be tightened in stronger winds and loosened in light winds?Fortunately when I get the boat on the water at the end of the week, some experienced sailors/racers are willing to help us out. My goal is to have the equipment as ready as I can for when they can come aboard. Thanks again for all the information. Gerry On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 10:07:29 AM EDT, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote: Gerry: The eye straps on the port side are for the the dead ends of the main's tack reef lines. The clamcleats on starboard are for where you lock down the reef. Use the aluminum CL211s not those plastic jobs! (The eye straps can also be used for dead ending a cunningham.) Make sure the eye straps and clam cleats are low enough that when you put in the reef the tack is pulled down tight to the gooseneck. The reef lines are 1/4". Tie to the strapeye and run up to the reef tack grommet and down to the clamcleat. Run the jib halyard to the cockpit. Good location for adjusting luff tension. Leave the main halyard at the mast. On the starboard side run the cunningham to the cockpit. Many ways to set up a topping lift. One is going from the boom end up to a block near the starboard head of the mast, down to blocks leading aft. :: Dave Scobie -Gerry