6. Reefing the Mainsail
6:1 Pull on the red reefing line so that it comes out of the boom some way.
6:2 Feed the reefing line through the eyelets in the leech of the sail.
6:3 From the top eyelet, the reefing
line comes back down to the boom.
Tie a stopper knot in the end
of the line, and then slide the knot
into the cut out in the boom.
6:4 Do a similar system on the luff of the sail with the end of the reefing line
at the mast end of the boom.
Tie the end of the reefing line onto the end of the boom so that it is secure.
6:5 Release the main halyard from the cleat, and uncleat the gnav,
and then pull on the reefing line.
The foot of the sail should fold up so that the sail area is reduced.
Once the desired sail area is achieved, cleat the reefing line and main halyard,
and reapply gnav tension.
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