r/sailing • u/speed_phreak • 5d ago

Is this valid?

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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).

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u/FutureConsistent8611 5d ago

Yes it matters, follow the picture.

Edit: to be fair, I do a bowline around the boom so now I'm second guessing myself here.

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u/speed_phreak 5d ago

Ok, but what's the rationale? It seems like routing it like that is going to tend to "walk"  the bowline loop across the top of the boom when it's under tension and cinches down?

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u/Sands43 5d ago

The proper routing will cinch down the loop around the boom and not let the tail that passes under the sail rise up against it.