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Originally Posted by sailingfool
The cover should have reefing line grommets/slits sewn into its foot area, just as a main with a boltrope foot will, to permit the reefing line to pass through the foot material so the reefing line can be secured to itself after passing around the boom.
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Sailingfool -- You are right!! I remember seeing those slits in the cover.
The light of dawn breaks, understanding it clear now. I'll put a bowline around the boom, through the slits in the boltropes sail cover (and under the loose-footed main), and then feed the line through the kringle. From there the line goes to the clew end of the boom and into/through the boom. At the goose neck end of the boom (the mast end), the line is held in place by cam style dogs.
Taa Daaa !!!!
Lingering question: This will mean the line from the kringle to the boom will be vertical, so all the out haul force will be from that part of the line going from the kringle to the clew end of the boom. Is this sufficient?
Can't wait to try this setup. How long until spring? Where is the spring launch countdown clock. Oh the agony of waiting!