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Just joined this thread. Bene, my Beneteau setup on a smaller boat is similar. We also have aloose footed main with a stack pack, and it also has the slits in the stack pack, and I also do the bowline around the boom for the aft end. It is single line reefing. On the forward end of the boom the line comes out of the boom and goes up to a block fixed to the sail with a heavy duty attachment point as part of the sail equipment. The line then rund back down to a turning block at the base of the mast and then out to the sheet stopper and winch on the coach roof. There is a separate line and block for each of the first reef and the second reef. This generally works quite well and is easy to put in or shake out. The only problem I have is that every spring I forget the exact order of the lines, and the first time I reef one reefing line crosses the other and fouls me up. Some day I will remember to take pictures to guide myself.
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