Thanks sailingdog-
I know the
line comes out of the track at the aft end of the boom- then I think it would go through the reef cringle and then down again to the aft end of the boom..... but I see no special place to tie it off - our mast has solid hardware loops all along the bottom (fore and aft), such as you use to attach the traveler, etc. I was thinking of tieing the reefing
line at the aft end to one of these with a bowline.... and then when it was time to reef I pull on the reefing
line at the mast (after putting the foreward reefing cringle onto a "claw" fittng whihc is on the boat.
The other track with a reefing
line appears to come out at the mast but not aft- I think it is jammed up inside (I am going to look a little harder at it tomorrow). In a temporary worse case sceanrion I might cut most of it off and tie a messenger on it for futre consideration of the problem.
I am also going to take my camera over and take some pics of the reefing problems, etc.
Thanks for keeping me pointed in the right direction! Saltypat