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<DIV>George and Bob; </DIV>
<DIV align=justify>I suspect the "mini reef" to which you may be referring is, I
believe, sometimes called a "flatting reef." This reef de-powers the main
by taking some of "bag" out of the foot. On my slap reefing system it
operates is the same manner as taking in a regular full reef but only
takes in about 8 inches along the luff. When I purchased
Tangaroa in 1982 it still had roller furling and the "flatting
reef" consisted on a large zipper which ran parallel to the foot from
tack to the clew. By pulling the zipper forward to the gooseneck, the main
was "flattened" because the foot and the head where drawn together.
The resulting bunting hanging off on the opposite side. In a blow it was
somewhat difficult operate the zipper given the pressure on the sail.
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<DIV align=justify>Chet Koop</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>Tangaroa #445 </DIV></BODY></HTML>