Reefing’s not a big deal. It’s as much part of everyday sailing as pulling up the main halyard. Time was when all reefing was basic slab systems or a very sorry arrangement that rolled the mainsail around the boom. Slab reefing is pretty sophisticated these days and the roundtheboom system has been replaced by efficient inboom reefing. What’s relatively new is socalled singleline reefing. It has its uses and is fitted to more and more yachts, so here’s a howto video on making it work with no drama. It wouldn’t be my own choice, but there’s a lot of it around, so off we go for a quick sail! Thanks to MDL Marinas for helping me make this video, and thanks also to my shipmate Toby. Watch his technique with the winch carefully. It’s absolutely exemplary.

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