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      <page pageid="1499" ns="0" title="Reef Hook">
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          <rev contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">A '''reef hook''' is a hook located where the boom meets the mast.  To reef the mainsail, the sail is lowered on the mast until one of the reefing [[cringle|cringles]] in the luff of the sail is low enough to slip over the reef hook.  The halyard is then raised and re-tensioned.

[[Category:Sailing Terms]]</rev>
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      <page pageid="1500" ns="0" title="Reef Lines">
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          <rev contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">'''Reef lines''' are lines that are used to [[reef]] a sail (usually the [[mainsail]]).  There are several different systems for reefing sails, but they all need to be able to firmly affix the [[reef point|reef points]] to the boom, and provide suitable tension aft to act as an [[outhaul]] while the sail is reefed.

It is common for sailboats to have anywhere from one to three sets of reefing lines.

A typical reefing system has a line that is run from a point on the boom, through a [[cringle]] in the [[leech]] of the mainsail, and then back down to a [[block]] or [[sheave]] on the boom.  This line can be run forward through the boom, or along the outside to a [[winch]] where the line can be suitably tightened.

[[Category:Sailing Terms]]</rev>
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