[Public-list] boom vang, slab reefing

[Gordon Laco]

Ah - I see.

Those do indeed take the load... I was pontificating about the lighter ones
that are sewn into the sail along a line between the tack and clew.

G.



> Gordon,
> 
> I'm confused.
> My jiffy reefing has a grommet at the luff and another near the leach
> for each reef. The one at the luff holds the luff down to the boom
> (against the halyard tension) and the aft one is used to pull the sail
> down and aft. Both grommets take a lot of load. I was talking about
> these grommets.
> 
> Bob #397
> 


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