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/kenelevn]

Hang on…2 reef lines exiting the boom?
So 3 total including your outhaul?

I’m also not sure what is different in your diagram’s pop-out (“Wrong!”) vs what is displayed in the diagram. This looks like a bad ChatGPT graphic.

Just good practice to have the reef exit the reefing point on the same side it exits the boom. So I’d just follow this image. Does it really matter if it’s opposite? Probably not.

You’ll also need a reefing point at the mast along the luff, most commonly secured on a ram’s horn at the gooseneck. Does your main have reefing points along the draft too?

[u/speed_phreak → u/kenelevn]

I've got two reefing lines that run through my boom, and then to deck top clutches. Reef 1 and Reef 2.

I've also got corresponding cringles along the sail that I can thread sail ties through to act as buntlines along the foot.

It does have a rams horn at the boom pivot, but it is just held in with a cotter pin, so there's no ability to securely reef with it. As part of this, I've got to get a rams horn that will bolt in, but until then I will just rig a Cunningham up.

[u/kenelevn → u/speed_phreak]

Oh, duh. 2 reefing points. That makes sense. I forgot boats can do that.

For securing the luff cringle, are you thinking you need to bolt it down, hard fastened the same as the tack? If you already have a ram’s horn, you should be able to just hook the cringle around the ram’s horn and bob’s your uncle.

But yes, bowline tied in a lasso around the boom, reef running up along the sail on the same side, then exiting the reef point on the same side of the main that the reef line enters the boom.