On my new UK main the tie points are lightly sewn web loops backed onto a stronger reinforcing point. The sailmaker explained that sooner or later something will go wrong and the web loops will let go before the main is damaged.
The loops are easier to work with. The previous main had grommets pressed in, had to fish the line through and reach around. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:54:00 -0800 From: Lee Youngblood <leeyoungbl...@earthlink.net> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Reeflines "make it look pretty" Message-ID: <a0624080acf1a07dc2bc7@[192.168.1.109]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Reeflines are a clever sail-makers trick. You'll want those - it's traditional right? If you tie them around the boom, you are sure to rip them out of the sail and split your main! Buy another main, and ask for a loose footed main. if you have to tie them, only loosely tie them around the sail - NOT THE BOOM! Sorry, my sailmaker friends my not like this post, but they know me. . . 2 cents, Lee
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