When I converted my 25 from a roller reefing main to slab / jiffy reefing a few 
years back, I worked with Rigging Only in Fairhaven.  They provided everything 
including the hooks.  There are several ways to go depending on your gooseneck. 
 Just email them a photo.

----- Original Message -----
From: djhaug...@juno.com.
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:12:44 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Stus-List Main Reefing System

My Boat does not have the hooks at the goosneck you are all describing.  Any 
idea where i might find them? Danny,Lolita1973 Viking 33Westport Point, MA

---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Indigo" <ind...@thethomsons.us>
To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Main Reefing System
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 17:55:14 -0500

β€œTo reef, lower the main, one person hooks the little strap to the hook on the 
gooseneck, and another hauls in the leech line (my boat has a small winch on 
the side of the boom and a cleat just forward of that). When the line is tight, 
then secure it and hoist the main back up.” I have always tensioned the halyard 
first (stops the ring on the strap falling off the hook) and then the leech 
line. Is this incorrect? Jonathan35-III – Connecticut in the Blizzard!  From: 
CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Gary Nylander
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 4:16 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Main Reefing System There are two ways to go - a single 
line system which can be controlled from the cockpit or a two-man system. The 
two man system is easier to rig. Put a reefing cringle about 3 feet up the luff 
of the main - my sailmaker then put a short strap through the cringle - the 
strap has a ring at each end. Attached to the gooseneck of the boom is a hook, 
mine is nearly a circle - of about 1/4 inch stainless. About three feet up on 
the leech of the main, put another cringle. On the boom, put a flush fitting 
block on one side and a padeye on the other, about a foot in from the end of 
the boom (make sure when your main is dropped down, these will be able to pull 
back on the main leech). The reefing line is run from the padeye, up to the 
cringle on the leech, down to the block and then forward along the side of the 
boom (some run it inside - maybe that's better if you reef a lot, around here 
we don't).  To reef, lower the main, one person hooks the little strap to the 
hook on the gooseneck, and another hauls in the leech line (my boat has a small 
winch on the side of the boom and a cleat just forward of that). When the line 
is tight, then secure it and hoist the main back up. The single line system 
just continues the reefing line forward to the gooseneck and then through a 
block up to the cringle at the luff and back down to something to secure it. 
Sometimes people run this through a block at the base of the mast and then back 
to the cockpit - to a winch. Then one person can do the whole thing. I hope I 
explained it OK. Gary----- Original Message ----- 
From:johnrmcl@aol.comTo:cnc-list@cnc-list.comSent: Friday, February 08, 2013 
3:53 PMSubject: Stus-List Main Reefing System I will put a reefing system in 
for the loose-footed main on my 29-2 this spring.  Would appreciate any 
suggestions or plans from all you knowledgeable folks out there.  John 
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