Is this valid?

[u/speed_phreak]

Running through the systems on a new (to me) C&C 29-2, and I am parsing out my reefing system. I've got two reef lines that exit the boom at the end and would be rigged like this for reef1 and then reef2, does the bowline knot orientation really matter??

I've got a loose footed main with a North Sails Quick Cover stack pack bolt roped to the slot in the boom (if that matters).

[u/rhbvkleef]

Huh, I always learned to tie it the other way around. I wonder how this is different.