Looks like a lot of fun. As for reefing, the clew (aft) reefing line needs to start at the strap eye portside aft on the boom. Typically, it would be attached to the strap eye with a bowline knot. It then runs up through the reef cringle on the leach, then down to the cheek block starboard side aft on the boom, and then forward to the clam cleat you were using for the clew outhaul. The clew outhaul should have its own cleat starboard side aft on the boom, but yours seems to be missing. Replacing that should be at or near the top of the "to do" list. Also, you should have lines (sometimes called buntlines) in both of the reef point cringles on the mainsail to tie off the excess sail. They should be about 2' long and held in place with two simple overhand knots, one on each side of the cringle, so they hang down evenly about 1' on each side. They are mostly for aesthetics and should never be under any tension or they will rip the sail. I can't tell how the foot of your sail is attached to the boom but, if possible, the buntlines should be tied under the sail, not under the boom. They usually are left knotted in the sail even when it is not reefed. The tack (forward) reefing line is not really visible so I can't comment on that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jazzy" <jazzydaze@gmail.com> To: "Montgomery Yahoolist" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 4, 2016 2:02:31 AM Subject: M_Boats: El Nino Rides! Hi All! I took your advice and went sailing! It was looking dark and gloomy and I was ready for weather, but it turned out to be a beautiful day! It was pretty windy for my first time really sailing El Nino, but it was fine. There was water splashing everywhere outside the boat, but hardly a drop hit me. Very dry, very impressive. You'll see how the sail went with the link below. The video doesn't do the wind justice at all. I'd say it would have been right on the edge of what the Snipe could handle single handed. But really not that big a deal on the Monty. After getting back in, I spent a little time tooling around the harbor and practicing some boat handling. Some one on here told me it was quite dinghy like earlier... I have to agree! No problem. Also, on the way in, I put the rudder in its up position ( as in old school up, 2 pintles) and started hugging the coast line very slowly. The bottom was RIGHT there, but on I went. Probably 2 ft. The depth finder wasn't registering any depth at all. Would have been easy peasy to hop out and wade to shore. I was like 6-7 feet away. All in all a cool day. Enjoy the video, I just cobbled it together really fast, so don't expect any short film awards! Give it a minute to load, its a much bigger file than a picture. https://www.dropbox.com/s/upwvj9py95lzrit/El%20Nino%20Rides.mp4?dl=0 - Cpt. Jazz :)