Yes, which attach to the horns at the gooseneck.  Dogs, geese and cattle 
apparently.

John


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> On Feb 6, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Charles Nelson <cenel...@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> Are the "dog bones" referred to metal loops connected by a strap that are 
> "threaded" through a cringle on the luff of the main?
> 
> I have not heard that term used before.
> 
> Charlie Nelson
> Water Phantom
> 36 XL/kcb
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2014, at 7:01 PM, "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Dwight;
>>  
>> I get that you use a reef tack cringle like a Cunningham to tension the luff 
>> of the sail. My main has “dog bones” for both the 1st and 2nd reef that go 
>> over reef hooks on the gooseneck.
>>  
>> What do you do about the outhaul for the reef cringle on the leach of the 
>> sail? And don’t you need to put reef lines through cringles in the sail and 
>> tied around the boom to gather up and control the foot of the sail? Seems 
>> the sail would be pretty baggy with the foot loose to billow out, when the 
>> point in reefing is to keep the sail tight and flat.
>>  
>> Rick Brass
>>  
>> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight
>> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 8:28 AM
>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to
>>  
>> I don’t and I do it alone from the cockpit…drop the main off with the main 
>> sheet, let it flog, lower the halyard to predetermined spot, tension the 
>> high Cunningham on the mast to get the new tack in place, tension the main 
>> halyard, tension the main sheet…it’s a little noisy with sail flap but isn’t 
>> it always that way when you need to reef the main?
>>  
>> Dwight
>> C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
>>  
>> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan 
>> Plavsa
>> Sent: February 6, 2014 9:17 AM
>> To: w...@wbryant.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Re- heaving to
>>  
>> Don't you guys heave to when you need to reef the main?
>>  
>> Steve
>> Suhana, C&C 32
>> Toronto
>>  
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote:
>> I'm on the wrong boat.
>> 
>> 
>> Jim Watts wrote:
>> No, you just need somebody to make French Toast. Gale? What gale?
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOL8C4FPdc
>>  
>> 
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