Daniel I tried the 1 line reefing on a Mac 25 and it had too much friction. IMO you would be better off using 2 strings Eldor M17 Motu iti -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sun, Feb 27, 2011 10:52 pm Subject: M_Boats: Reefing rigging OK, getting ready for my first sail in #208 (Thanks, Bob!). Now, this boat ppears to be set up in the past for reefing, but is not set up right now. So, ere is what I have and what I am thinking. Please chime in on the best ways to o this. At the moment the main is on the boom with a bolt rope, and on the mast ith slugs. There is no outhaul set up. The clew is just tied with a short, ecure line. At some point I will set up a proper outhaul with a block and a leat. But for now, that is what I have. Now, there is a dead eye on the port ide of the boom that looks to be in the right spot for the reef clew. There are lso blocks on the boom that go forward towards the mast. It looks like this was et up originally for 1 line reefing. It looks like I can set up the 1/4 inch acht braid I just bought to go from the dead eye on the port side of the boom, p to the reef clew, back down to the cheek block, forward through the boom locks, to the cheek block near the tack, then u p to the reef tack, back down to the jam cleat on the port side of the mast. At east, it looks like that was the original idea. Will this work well? Or, should change this to some better arrangement. Thoughts? Daniel 15 #208 ______________________________________________ ttp://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the Internet!