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This thread has lots of great info and I am always a believer in no question is stupid. This had lead to my greater understanding of many things.

I was out this past weekend in Barnegat Bay in my Catalina 270 with winds of 10 knots. I did not reef but saw at least one or two other sailboats with reefed sails.

Am I to assume they were doing this to keep on a certain heading and have more stability? I know I had a little bit of a problem keeping my heading without and had to do a lot of correction.

Thanks!